GIF Image Source: Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place Blog Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Environment, Existentialism “It’s a Good Life” is the eighth episode of the third season of the American television series The Twilight Zone, and the 73rd overall. It was written by series creator/showrunner Rod Serling, based on the 1953 short story “It’sContinue reading “The War on Truth…”
Category Archives: Existentialism
Eugenics…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Economics, Education, Existentialism Carrie Buck and her mother (left panel) were both labelled as “feebleminded,” shorthand for unintelligent and undesirable. In the 1927 the Supreme Court case, Buck v. Bell, judges endorsed the surgical sterilization of Carrie Buck, who was pregnant due to rape at age 16. Officials atContinue reading “Eugenics…”
Allegory…
Why is Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Still Relevant? Source: A Change For Better Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Civics, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism This is another conversation with Claude.ai that I found enlightening. It allows me to experiment with artificial intelligence and pose questions that I hope are carefully thought through, to see how the appContinue reading “Allegory…”
Likelihood…
Source: https://youtu.be/m9DmPRO4MPQ?si=PEyFXaHMGP2Wb9-j Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Civilization, Existentialism, Philosophy To Claude.ai: “What is the likely outcome of the United States and Israel attacking the nation of Iran on suspicion of having nuclear weapons?” An attack on Iran by the US and Israel would likely have severe and far-reaching consequences across multiple dimensions: **Regional Military Response** IranContinue reading “Likelihood…”
Equally Terrifying…
Topics: Civilization, Existentialism, Nanoengineering, Philosophy, Quantum Mechanics, Star Trek As an undergraduate Engineering Physics major, science classes disabuse you of notions that science fiction might leave you with. “2001” was released in 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Sr. were assassinated, the second year of the Star Trek franchise, oneContinue reading “Equally Terrifying…”
Now What?..
Students enter Harvard Yard, on the university’s main campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Credit: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” “There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were notContinue reading “Now What?..”
Memorials, and Directions…
Topics: African Americans, Civics, Civil Rights, Democracy, Existentialism, Human Rights It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve been busy at my federal work, a large part of it after rescinding all previous telework agreements. I am now commuting an hour and ten minutes to and from my work site five days a week, inContinue reading “Memorials, and Directions…”
March Madness…
In 2012 the 1895 pastel-on-cardboard version fetched almost $120 million (£75 million) at Sotheby’s in New York (Credit: The Scream 1895/Edvard Munch) Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism An entry in Munch’s diary, dated 22 January 1892, recorded the inspiration for The Scream: “I was walking along the road with two friends –Continue reading “March Madness…”
Dr. Carter G. Woodson…
The Origins of Black History Month: Carter G. Woodson’s Act to Remember, State Senator Lena Taylor, Feb 11, 2019 Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Carl Sagan, Carter G. Woodson, Democracy, Diversity in Science, Existentialism, Women in Science “If you can control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his action. WhenContinue reading “Dr. Carter G. Woodson…”
Comorbidities…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism John D. Rockefeller, the founder of the Standard Oil Company, the first billionaire of the United States of America, and once the richest man on Earth was asked by a reporter, “How much money is enough?” He calmly replied, “Just a little bit more.” Siddhartha Rastogi, CNBCContinue reading “Comorbidities…”
Physics and Nano 