zyx066 in #hive-122315 • last monthOverview Effect (repost)Here on Earth, with our feet planted firmly on the ground, we also tend to plant our minds firmly in Earthly affairs. And as important as it is to tend to our Earthly joys and…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 2 months agoLanguage Of The UniverseIt is quite puzzling, when you think about it, that something abstract like mathematics is so well suited to describe the physical reality of the universe we are part of;…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 3 months agoWater WorldI've written quite a lot of posts about water. It's the most common substance on the planet as well as in our own bodies, so you'd think we know everything there is to know about…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 3 months agoLunar ArkHave you ever seen the picture called "Pale Blue Dot"? It's a photograph of planet Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 4 months agoWhy Consciousness Exists (repost)After 14.5 billion years of evolution, the greatest achievement of the universe is the arrangement of lifeless atoms inside conscious living beings that are able to reflect on…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 4 months agoFractals (repost)Do you know what the circumference of the British isle is? Or the length of any coastline? The answer might surprise you and it will be our starting point in a quest for the…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 5 months agoThe Projected Unreality Of Dreamy Reflections (repost)"Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 5 months agoThrough Your EyesStar Trek had Deep Space 9, the only iteration of the series that didn't involve a crew to "boldly go where no one has gone before", but instead an interstellar stationary…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 5 months agoExtraordinary ClaimsI think most of us are familiar with the phrase "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". It was popularized by astronomer Carl Sagan, and is now known as the "…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 6 months agoThe Theory Of Almost Everything (repost)Science deals with the reality "out there", the stuff we can see, touch or smell, or that which we can deduce from what we can see, touch or smell.zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 7 months agoEight Legged AliensLife is a miracle. Being alive is miraculous. For all our technologies scanning the immeasurably large space and heavenly bodies surrounding our planet, ours is still the only…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 11 months agoMiracles Happen Every DayIt's a miracle that you're reading this. You and I have been in the making for 14 billion years. Plus 52 years in my particular case. We are but two of the almost 8 billion…zyx066 in #hive-174578 • 11 months agoEx Nihilo?I've watched and listened to countless debates between religious people and atheists, especially the ones starring the Four Horsemen, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris…zyx066 in #steemstem • last yearScreaming VegetablesLife is amazing. It really is, and I believe that we, children of this technologically advanced age, spend too much time not realizing what an absolute miracle it is to simply…zyx066 in #informationwar • 2 years agoThe Futurists"I don't want to know how things are to be. I want to exert action for as long as I live, so that the sort of things that should in my opinion be, have more chances of being."…zyx066 in #mindset • 2 years agoOverview PoliticsHow are you, dear reader? I hope you're doing well, and also hope your demeanor won't be diminished by reading the short post I have for you today. I'd just like to briefly…zyx066 in #bitcoin • 2 years agoBitcoin... In Space?Okay, this will be a short post, as some of my favorite subjects have come together in a rather special way. A year ago I wrote about the ludicrous idea to sell pieces of the…zyx066 in #philosophy • 2 years agoPerceptrons To A.I. To Common SenseThere's much to do about artificial intelligence. Not only because of the threat it poses to jobs that now require a higher education, but also the ultimate fear that A.I. will…zyx066 in #philosophy • 2 years agoEternal UnityThe way we've looked at the universe we seem to inhabit has changed throughout time. Our understanding of the nature of the universe has evolved along a path on which we've left…zyx066 in #amazing • 2 years agoUFO's Galore...I really don't have too much to say about today's topic, as I believe the title says it all. Throughout human history, for as long as we've left a record of our presence on this…
