You’ve probably heard the phrase or something similar to, “Race/Sex is just a social construction.” What does that even mean? How is that helpful or productive? Social constructions are basically collective ideas well adopted by society that appears natural or inherent, but are believed to not be as valuable or representative of reality. This concept […]
If you’ve never been to Uranus, you can’t have an opinion on anything about the planet. I don’t care if you’ve researched Uranus your whole life, been around people that have done observations of Uranus, or you’ve spent almost a decade in school studying Uranus to become an astronomer. There’s no way you can know […]
I got 99 problems, but reading books ain’t one. Like any avid reader, I desire books more than I read them. What I’m trying to say is… I’m a book hoarder. Most children love toys, friends, and candy. I loved books as a child. I could spend hours reading about different things that interest me. […]
I’m a a hyper-procrastinator. Teenage me wouldn’t be too happy with it. Productivity wise, I’ve failed myself. Even with this blog I’ve procrastinated making for three days in a row. It’s no big deal to finish. No research required. No mathematical problems to solve. Just a Quantum Rant about my daily quarks. That is why […]
EINSTEIN WAS RIGHT, AGAIN (63 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH) Einstein published his paper on the The General Theory of Relativity in 1915. Physics students and physicists know that general relativity is tested year round every year and it’s predictions are verified more often than not on large scales. Our understanding of gravity, thanks to Einstein […]
Also if you happen to need a video of photosensitive bacteria morphing a picture of Einstein into a picture of Darwin, here is one of those (Frangipane et al., 2018, https://t.co/T0eXooKipk) pic.twitter.com/1FbbMLBCcs — Charles Bergquist (@cbquist) August 14, 2018 What you’re seeing are photosensitive bacteria arranging themselves, with the aid of scientists, to form pictures […]
The Uncertainty Principle of Journalism: When journalists are aware of their momentum from the spike in views, derived from misplaced outrage, created by their inaccurate stories about any controversial topic, they can’t publish an accurate position on the matter due to their intellectual dishonesty, pride, & fear of being wrong.
On February 11th “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” was celebrated by many enthusiasts in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As with any new movement motivated by politics, I was a bit skeptical the reasoning behind it all. We have Earth day to bring awareness to environmental issues. We have […]
Look up, in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s an unidentified flying object!
Hurricane season is here. Some of us, including myself, are in the projected trajectory of Hurricane Irma – one of the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. At this moment of posting, 12:50pm – 9/10/2017, it has just reached South Florida. In the news, I’m sure you’ve heard of hurricanes, typhoons, and […]
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