It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. — Bertrand Russell
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Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated on June 28, 1914. Franz Ferdinand was the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination started the chain of events that led to World War I. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia. This caused the Central Powers (including Germany and Austria-Hungary) and […]
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Tagged Franz Ferdinand, World War I
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Dolphin Intelligence
Man has always assumed that he is more intelligent than dolphins because he has achieved so much — the wheel, New York, wars and so on — while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But, conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far […]
Philosophy: Murpys Law and Thomas Pynchon
Murphy’s Law, that brash proletarian restatement of Godel’s Theorem. — Thomas Pynchon, “Gravity’s Rainbow” Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are two theorems of mathematical logic that establish inherent limitations of all but the most trivial axiomatic systems capable of doing arithmetic. The theorems, proven by Kurt Gödel in 1931, are important both in mathematical logic and in […]
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Tagged Gödel's incompleteness theorems, Godel's Theorem, Murphy's Law, Thomas Pynchonm
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European Extremely Large Telescope
Astronomers are building a new telescope called the “European Extremely Large Telescope”. Construction has started in Chile where they have blown the top off of the Cerro Armazones mountain. The telescope will be the largest in the world and consisting of 789 hexagonal mirrors.
Posted in Education, Science, Space
Tagged astronomy, European Extremely Large Telescope
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The Philly Music Scene
More Information: Lenni-Lenape Indians The American Revolution Chester County, PA
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Tagged Brandywine Battlefield, Chester County, Jr., Lenape Indians, Lenni-Lenape Indians, music, PA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philly Music Scene, Rob Perna
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Backward Existentialism
Q: “What is the burning question on the mind of every dyslexic existentialist?” A: “Is there a dog?” — Linux Slackware Quote
Swimming In Ice Cubes
Air temperatures in the states and provinces around the Great Lakes suggest that meteorological summer has arrived. But the icy grip of winter is lingering in cool water temperatures and drifting chunks of ice. For nearly seven months, ice has been afloat somewhere on the Great Lakes, an ice season longer than anything in the […]
Climate Change and the Presidental Action Plan
The President’s Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution in America Reducing Carbon Pollution from Power Plants Power plants are the largest major source of emissions in the U.S., together accounting for roughly one-third of all domestic greenhouse gas pollution. PROGRESS: In September 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed carbon pollution standards for new power […]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Government, Law, Politics
Tagged Clean Energy Infrastructure, climate change, coal power plants, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, The President's Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution in America
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Collapse Of West Antarctica
The collapse of the ice sheet in West Antarctica have raised concern about the rising sea level. “This is really happening,” Thomas P. Wagner, who runs NASA’s programs on polar ice, said. “There’s nothing to stop it now. But you are still limited by the physics of how fast the ice can flow.” “Today we […]
Posted in Global Warming, International, Science
Tagged climate change, collapse, global warming, human induced climate change, ice sheet, ocean temperatures, retreat, sea level rising, warming, West Antarctica
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