Physics

A Problem For Creationists

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Take a look at the night sky.  It’s well known that many of the stars are tens of thousands of light years away.  The farthest stars we observe in the Milky Way are around 95,000 light years away from us.  There are innumerable galaxies which are millions or even billions of light years away from [...]

A Few Reflections On Quantum Mechanics

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

For the past year or so I’ve been studying quantum mechanics.  It’s definitely not an easy subject to understand.  In fact, I’m inclined to think, epistemologically speaking, that it may well be impossible to understand with the brain evolution has given us.  But what’s irritating to me is how quantum mechanics is interpreted by so [...]

The Epic Life Of Physicists

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Physics is the only subject I know of which allows a person to look out of a telescope, measure the spectral lines emitted from a gas cloud way out in outer space, and determine the origins of the universe.  Sherlock Holmes makes some brilliant deductions in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s masterpieces, but I have to [...]

A Case For Mars

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

A new symphony of science video! One guy in the comments section said he wouldn’t mind a 90% tax rate to fund science related projects.  I think that’s excessive myself.  Even so, if I were in charge of the country, scientific research projects would increase many many times.  All the money now spent on wars [...]

A New Symphony Of Science Video!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

I think these videos are great. [Neil deGrasse Tyson] If you’re scientifically literate, The world looks very different to you And that understanding empowers you [Lawrence Krauss] Scientists love mysteries They love not knowing [Richard Feynman] I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things I think it’s much more interesting [Brian Greene] There’s a larger [...]