Category Archives: Science

Aesthetics: The Starship Enterprise

Posted on Sunday 12 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I was quite struck some years ago, 2014 it must have been, by an analysis of the design of the original starship Enterprise that showed how it relied heavily on the “Golden Ratio,” the artistic proportion of 1.618. And how … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Privileges

Posted on Sunday 5 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Claimed for knowledge that came first; claimed by those in power to preserve their status.

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Musings: The Sky; Living in History

Posted on Wednesday 18 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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LQCs: Replacement theory, High School biology, Y2K, Macho puffery

Posted on Sunday 15 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The New Yorker, Kathleen Belew (assistant professor of history at U of Chicago) interviewed by Isaac Chotiner, 15 May 2022: Making Sense of the Racist Mass Shooting in Buffalo, subtitled, “An expert on the white-power movement and the ‘great replacement’ … Continue reading →

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LQCs: The New Era of Reducing Civil Rights, via Religious Reactionaries

Posted on Thursday 5 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

So we are now in an era when the Supreme Court — driven by religious reactionaries — is *taking away* rights rather than ensuring they apply to all people. What’s next? as many are asking. Right to marry? To segregate? … Continue reading →

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Daniel C. Dennett, BREAKING THE SPELL, post 3

Posted on Thursday 5 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A few more notes, and quotes.

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LQCs: Making Prohibitions vs. Solving Problems

Posted on Tuesday 3 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Big news today is that a draft of a Supreme Court decision about abortion was leaked, by someone, and the draft indicates an intention to completely overturn Roe v. Wade. As everyone’s been expecting for some time now. The shock … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Next Steps on Climate Change

Posted on Saturday 16 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two or three major items to cover, from this past week, but for today just this one, apropos my review of the David Wallace-Wells book.

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David Wallace-Wells, THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH, post 2

Posted on Wednesday 13 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Resuming my summary outline from yesterday’s post.

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David Wallace-Wells, THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH, post 1

Posted on Tuesday 12 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Opening lines: It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn’t happening at all, and comes to us bundled with several others … Continue reading →

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