9 Jul, 2025
Recently, somebody said to me that someone’s life is complete. Initially, I agreed given her/his high age. Afterwards, I started contemplating about the meaning of a complete(d) life. In my view, a complete(d) life has three (3) dimensions: body, mind and soul. Usually, we refer to the first dimension (eg, ageing). Sometimes, our brain or mind thinks our life is...
3 Jul, 2025
In 2024, I wrote my blog: Does the aether represent “dark” matter & energy? The 2023 Nautilus article below has an interesting claim: The void in the universe is alive. I must agree considering if only considering the existence of viruses (eg, astrovirology, Fred Hoyle, NatGeo, NIH, panspermia). I suppose that our houses have a certain ratio between something...
2 Jul, 2025
Intro LO: The term reverse evolution in this Phys article (below) was new to me. Moreover, it’s “a term that tends to be controversial among evolutionary biologists”. Latter remark made me curious. “That's because evolution isn't supposed to have a rewind button. It's generally viewed as a one-way march toward adaptation, not a circular path back to traits once...
1 Jul, 2025
Intro LO: In my view, the US$ decline was due for decades but the new US president caused its tipping point, “a point in time when a group—or many group members—rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice.” (Wiki). Finally, we are willing to see a country busy with tax cuts for the rich while ballooning its already...
30 Jun, 2025
A local friend made the (Dutch) comment above. He urged me to consider this and write about it. His smirky smile suggested that his remark had an ambiguous (eg, sexual) context, which is rather common. Actually, Science (eg, Boston Uni, Physics, TH) agrees with his observation: Yes, friction is necessary for forward motion in many cases. When an object pushes...
27 Jun, 2025
Het aannemen van de motie-Pirie (o.a. Wiki) heeft niet alleen mij verbaasd. Lodewijk Asscher vraagt zich - openlijk - in het Parool af: ‘Is mijn partij nog te vertrouwen?’ Gerdi Verbeet schreef dit: ‘Ik ben diep gekwetst en verbijsterd dat niemand van u ingreep. Of was dit misschien de bedoeling?’ Ik zou kunnen stellen dat de motie-Pirie een kwestie van Linkse...
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