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copernicus: going rogue on relative motion

A little errant goes a long orbit. Displacing man from the center of the universe. What began as some computational sleights of hand to help the Church with calendar problems soon assumed a life of its own. The earth was … Continue reading

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flowers in the dirt poor

Economic bubbles are nothing new. It seems that any unchecked enthusiasm in life in whatever sphere eventually gets pulled down by gravity. The bubble, almost universally seems to be maintained by ignoring our own private information and being guided by … Continue reading

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the living clocks: navigation by the sun

Does the season go off inside of us, like a ringing in the blood? People have always associated the burgeoning of spring with the coming of warmer weather; the spring warmth, we feel, has roused the earth from dormancy. But … Continue reading

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design principles: produced by blind law?

At heart, those who do not believe in evolution are heretics. That is, they are ignorant, stupid or insane, according to Richard Dawkins. Its the non-existence of god, where even the absence of belief is a from of ideology assuming … Continue reading

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