Category Archives: Esoterics
Dear Physics…
Thank you for teaching us how little we know about everything.
Without you, brave science, we would have no idea that most of the universe (almost 96% of it) is made of stuff that’s invisible to–and immeasurable by–our most sensitive and precise technologies… Continue reading
thoughts 5298, 5299 of the humbucker series
Sometimes, the opposite of practical is not impractical, but theoretical. Don’t bother arguing with a nihilist, they’re all no’ing.
In 10 Words, or Less… G-d & Gravity
Filed under 10 Words or Less, Esoterics, Reason, Science
Copenhagen: A climate of desperation and disbelief
The UN’s Copenhagen summit on climate change is about to get underway, but rather than rationally discuss the prospects for achieving a meaningful agreement on sustainable development, we’ve decided to take a more playful tack… Continue reading
Why Jews are Good at Math
It’s commonly accepted that Jews do well in math and science because there’s such a strong emphasis on learning within their tradition, as well as among Jewish families in general. But can good study habits and parental prompting account for the incredibly disproportionate share of awards (Nobel and others) that have been garnered by Jewish mathematicians and scientists?
To delve a little deeper into why this might be [...] Continue reading
The Tetragrammaton
The tetragrammaton is a series of four
Hebrew letters, read from right to left.
It is a sacred name of G-d and appears
many thousands of times in the Bible. [...] Continue reading
LHC: The Beam is Back
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is frosty and beaming, once again, after more than a year of repairs and testing that followed the eruptive escape of liquid helium into the tunnel that houses the massive supercollider… Continue reading
ABRACADABRA
[...] “Now,” says the man in the tuxedo with tails, “we must say the magic word.”
And that word is already on the lips of nearly every member of the crowd.
“Abracadabra,” they intone.
But what does that mean, exactly? [...] Continue reading
