Our Progress since Plato
I mentioned in my last post the summer I spent studying at Cambridge. I was there to study philosophy, and it was fantastic. I love...
Hard Drives and Humans
I didn’t realize how exactly hard drives worked until I joined the Navy and started working with ITs. A while back, we updated a lot...
The Beginning Things
Clearing up some Confusion A few months ago, I said this in a post: I think most people today are wrong to think of rocks...
The Golden Ratio
The Golden Ratio Recently, I finished a book by Dr. Mario Livio, a distinguished Israeli-American astrophysicist, entitled The Golden Ratio. If you divide a line...
The Basic Problem with “My Body, My Choice”
“My body, my choice” – that is the main argument I have heard from abortion advocates, or at least the one that I’ve seen get...
What gas turbines can teach us about being happy
For the past two weeks I have been studying engineering as it relates to the ship I’ll be working on for the next couple of...
Who are we to tell them what to believe?
“Who are we to tell people what to believe?” “You can’t arrest me any more than you can any priest or preacher; all I’m doing...
“Whatever you believe, that’s what’s true”
A few days ago, I had a long conversation with my Uber driver on philosophy and religion. As we pulled up to my dorm, he...
Selfless – or Selfish? How we mix them up.
This is an expansion of my last blog post and is best read in tandem with it, so I’d encourage you to check that out...
A World Without Thunder
On Thunderstorms Thunderstorms are one of my favorite things; my parents think I’m crazy, but I just stand outside and sing while the rain comes...