Category Archives: Science

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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LQCs: Orientation and Gender; Life at Beginning and End

Posted on Wednesday 6 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

When you are certain of your position on some controversial issue, it’s worth considering the counterpoint to that issue, and how you would justify your position on that, to see if your positions are logically consistent.

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Carl Sagan, PALE BLUE DOT (1994), post 2

Posted on Wednesday 6 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I posted about my favorite two parts of this book a week ago, in this post, and today will post a complete outline of the book based on my notes as I read, somewhat edited and slimmed down.

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LQCs: Symmetry and Simplicity

Posted on Sunday 3 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a science item from the New York Times a couple weeks ago that presents what seems to be a mystery or conundrum about nature (and evolution) that turns out to have a simple answer that, once pointed out, seems … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Doomism

Posted on Saturday 2 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

OnlySky, Adam Lee, 4 March 2022: Against doomism, subtitled, “Don’t confuse ‘more dramatic’ for ‘more likely’”

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