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Congratulations! We’ve Survived One Year of President Trump.
There are no guarantees regarding future years.
A Proposal: An Ice-Tunneling Lander to Explore Extraterrestrial Sub-Surface Oceans
We have found compelling evidence for the existence of several sub-surface oceans in various places in our solar system. The most well-known of these bodies of liquid water is under the ice crust of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, with … Continue reading
The Minute of the Winter Solstice
Shortly before Winter began at 4:44 CST (USA), I wondered if it were Winter yet, and googled it. Here’s what I found. I was astonished when I looked at the current time and the time of the Winter solstice, using … Continue reading
Reading: It’s What You Do
I have observed many families where reading is simply what people do. In one, a favorite family story is of a little girl (a toddler) whose parents and older brother were sitting in the living room, reading. No one told … Continue reading
A Peek Backwards, as Far Back as Possible
Never before have I deliberately tried to recall my earliest memories. This morning, however, simply to see what might happen, I tried it. In my imagination, I returned to further back than I ever had gone before, to a period before I … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, early, geometry, language, life, Mathematics, memory, polyhedra, polyhedron
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What Is Attempted Orthoism?
When the topic of labels for belief systems, life philosophies, and the like comes up, I find that I tend to become uncomfortable with labels which are also used by, well, anyone else. For this reason, I’ve named my own … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mathematics, Religion, Science and Scientists
Tagged attempt, attempted, label, life, ortho, orthoism, personal, philosophy, religion, system, try
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