Wrapped Around Schrodinger’s Cat
That’s where I’ve been these last ten days or so, wrapped around Schrödinger’s cat in that state of unknowing. My …
Category Archives: Science
Blogging, Another Way of “Breaking Bread”
Recently I wrote about blogging as virtual “love-making,” riffing on the new science which defines love as a“micro-moment of positivity resonance.” But …
Virtual Love-Making, Why We Blog
Often when I leave comments on a blog posts that moved me, I write “I love this post” or “I …
The Rich and Sensual World of Scent
Lately I’ve become obsessed by scent. Perfume, to be more precise. I seldom wear it, which is why this obsession …
Playing Piano, a Full-Body Workout for the Brain
As I’ve begun learning to replay the piano, I’ve been amazed to realize what a complicated endeavor it is. It …
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
I fell in love with the title of Milan Kundera’s novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” long before I ever …
Music is More Feeling than Sound
From “Peter Quince at the Clavier” by Wallace Stevens. Just as my fingers on these keys Make music, so the …
Nature and Consciousness – Seeing Things as They Are
Every time I write about nature I get deep into human consciousness. You can’t really separate the two. There is …
Dawkins and the Wonder of It All
It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it no one thinks to …
Good Prose and Good Science — Quibbling with the Masters
At first Steven Pinker was my new hero. Within the first few pages of reading his widely acclaimed “The Sense …
