The Preponderance of Life, Death and Me
2012 was life changing for me to say the least. There was no Mayan Apocalypse. There was no Mega CME that destroyed modern civilization. There was no zombie outbreak. My beloved father died in August and his mother followed him one month later. I did not expect this to have been so swift and so … Read more
What is Blind Sight?
I enjoy watching science documentaries especially on Science Channel. Anyone who has purused the 400 HD hours on my DVR notices that most of the items filling my DVR are science related. I especially love watching ‘Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.’ I love that cutting edge science is now part of mainstream pop culture. … Read more
Shining Light on the Double-Slit Experiment and Quantum Reality
Over the past few years, I’ve been increasingly consumed with the idea in quantum mechanics and also Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. I am fascinated with the idea that our subatomic particles can and indeed do exists in more than one place as once. Therefore, we exist in more than one place at once as well. This … Read more
The Holographic Principle and Is it Reality?
I was watching a fascinating documentary on Science Channel called “What Is Reality?” The show progressed and discussed Fermi Lab and the Tevatron. Atoms smashed together and in time we learned about The Standard Model of elementary particles as called “the particle zoo.” However, what shocked me and took me aback was the topic of … Read more
The Presence and Hallucination – Sleep Paralysis and Night Terrors Revisited
Update: I wanted to revisit this blog. Last night I as I lay in bed and began to drift off. I could feel a presence almost coming through the walls of my bedroom and watching over me. I recognized this presence and feeling. I did not recognize who the presence was but what the … Read more
Dark Flow – Attraction of a Mysterious Presence.
Much attention has been recently given to dark flow. We know that the universe is expanding in an ever accelerating rate. We know the expansion is in all directions. However, there exist galaxy super custers which are moving in a direction independent of the surrounding clusters. What force could exist that could attract such large … Read more
Attack of the Lucid Hallucinations – Charles Bonnet Syndrome | @OliverSacks
I’ve been fascinated with neuroscience all my life. As a child, I wanted to be a psychologist or psychiatrist, and study rare conditions. I remember seeing the film Awakenings and thinking how remarkable and mysterious the brain really is. The Science Channel had a short series documenting odd and rare neurological cases. One of them … Read more
Number Stations – Short Wave Radio Enigma
I immerse myself in the television show ‘Fringe’. There are so many topics which are touched on the show that peak my interest. This season, number stations were touched upon. These short wave radio broadcasts are curiously nothing more than individuals dictating numbers. Sometimes a child voice simply recites the numbers. At other times, the … Read more
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