Genius /= Common Sense
Stephen Hawking is a poor excuse for a philosopher. Yeah, I said it.
Spitzer agrees:
This man is mentally monolithic.
And then there is the more personable Fr. Barron:
Things from All Over
Class right now is BRUTAL. This prof has been talking about what an agent is for the past two weeks straight. All in scenario form. I have had enough, it’s time to blog… People are saying Obama is the smartest president we’ve ever had. I beg to differ:If there has ever been good evidence of…
DetailsBrick Wall Mona Lisa
I don’t know why I found this so cool:
The History of the World Universe in 200 Words or Less
Quantum fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium and helium production. Density perturbations. Recombination. Blackbody radiation. Local contraction. Cluster formation. Reionization? Violent relaxation. Virialization. Biased galaxy formation? Turbulent fragmentation. Contraction. Ionization. Compression. Opaque hydrogen. Massive star formation. Deuterium ignition. Hydrogen fusion. Hydrogen depletion. Core contraction. Envelope expansion. Helium fusion. Carbon, oxygen, and silicon…
DetailsStuff That Doesn’t Take a Large Intellect To Laugh At or Enjoy
Fire extinguisher vs. flamethrower, in a music video: Physics engines can be mesmerizing: This guy scored me a LOOOOOT of points for FIFA fantasy league: Is this how the world sees Sarah Palin?: A girl who never has seen Star Wars retells it. Not particularly well, but decently un-chronologically: Cirque du Soleil’s got nothin’ on…
DetailsThe Drake Equation, Revisited
If you like aliens, you’ll like this: