14 Apr, 2025
About a month ago, I assumed that I suffered from food poisoning. I failed to understand its rather late timing. About week later, I ate my favourite cashew nuts - again. The next day, my bowel and stomach symptoms reappeared. Last weekend, I enjoyed an Indian lamb curry. The menu claimed it contained cashew nuts but I didn’t notice them (eg, crushed nuts). The next...
6 Feb, 2025
Intro LO: After digesting this recent Scientific American article, the conclusion is simple: it’s (nearly) impossible that life on planet Earth is a singular event within the Universe. There must be other life-forms throughout the Universe. Hence, science-fiction is (much) more like science - and technology - than like fiction. The (alleged) sightings of...
28 Jan, 2025
Intro LO: This Washington Post opinion by its Editorial Board is a must-read if and when China is of any interest to you. Actually, this article is more about facts on China than an opinion. In my view, the following quote by the ancient Chinese military general, philosopher and strategist Sun Tzu (c.544 BC - 496 BC) from his famous book, The Art of War, applies to...
27 Jan, 2025
Intro LO: A few days after Joe Biden’s exit, the CIA has changed its mind on the origins of the Covid pandemic, which originated in Wuhan (China), in late 2019. The method of its origins is still a discussion (eg, animal); not the location. The city of Wuhan features a Bio Safety Level-4 lab that was already known for its safety concerns (eg, Nikkei Asia-2020,...
6 Nov, 2024
My blog title above has been borrowed from a recent email by the John Templeton Foundation. The answer depends on your precise definition of Evolution and of Life. The definition of Life is (very) complex. For example: Does Life include bacteria and viruses?? Does Evolution include collisions with asteroids and comets? Does water constitute Evolution, Life or a...
17 Oct, 2024
Intro LO: In my view, the impact of this Quanta Magazine article reaches much and much further than its topic, being: even a single bacterial cell senses seasonal change. Hence, my blog title: consciousness on a cellular level. Lately, many more articles are about consciousness in other life-forms than humans (eg, animals, plants and trees). The (alleged)...
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