I was musing today about whether people read the books they own or just collect them. I was sitting across from the shelf that contains my philosophy books, and I decided to ask that question of myself. The philosophy shelf looks like it holds about 80-90 books. I went over and counted how many I had read, either wholly or at least enough to have a very good idea of what they contained. I got about 36 — including all the books by Hannah Arendt and Suzanne Langer, Mary Midgley on “man and beast,” J. Glenn Gray on war, and most of the others I had at least consulted at some point or in the worst case bought because I knew I would be interested in someday. (more…)
After the optimism from recent progress in cold fusion, as demonstrated in Italy, Nature surprised us with a severe cold winter in some parts of the world. However, we should not blame climate change for the human suffering when the solution to the problem is in the hands of our civilization.
The expectation that the 21st century will bring improved welfare for humanity seems to be an illusion. We are experiencing global crises in different areas such as economics, politics, ideology, natural resources, and the environment. Is there a fundamental reason for the crises and, if yes, what could be the solution?
* Stoyan Sarg (Sargoytchev) is a Bulgarian-born Canadian. He holds an engineering diploma and a PhD in Physics in the field of space research. From 1976 to 1990 he was involved in space projects sponsored by the program Intercosmos coordinated by the former Soviet Union. He participated also in a collaborative project with the European Space Agency. For his pioneering work he was awarded medals from Intercosmos, Russia and Bulgaria. In 1990 he was invited as a visiting scientist by Cornel University and worked at the Arecibo Observatory, P.R. on a Lidar project funded by the NSF (USA). This was the place where the first SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program was operated before 1985 using the world’s largest radiotelescope – radar. In 1991 he immigrated to Canada, where he worked on projects coordinated by the Canadian Space Agency. Since 2002 he has been with York University, Toronto, Canada. He has over 80 scientific publications and a few patents related to space research.
The Earl of Oxford's "crown signature" from his October 7, 1601 letter to Robert Cecil
An article in the November 2011 de Vere Society newsletter by Elizabeth Imlay hypothesizes that marginal annotations and drawings contained in copies of Tacitus’ History of Rome and Blondus History of Europe from Sir Thomas Smith’s library, now in the Queen’s College Library in Cambridge, are by the young Edward de Vere. (more…)
Andrea Rossi, with Swedish Physicists Hanno Essén and Sven Kullander, examining an experimental E-cat. Heat your home with "too cheap to meter" nickel and hydrogen?
Ok, I admit it. I have a new online hobby.
I like to follow websites featuring news about something called either CF (Cold Fusion), LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reaction), or LANR (Lattice Assisted Nuclear Reaction). At least those are the three most common names for this new and (to most of us anyway) highly surprising development in modern science don’t seem to be too scarce. (more…)
But then there’s also “if you build it, the energy will come.”
Here’s our weekly dose of how the internet is transforming the “life of the mind” — by empowering people with great ideas but no leverage within the academy with a forum and a means of communicating.
"A magnificently witty performance!" (Winnipeg Sun). "Highly entertaining and engrossing!" (EYE Weekly). "Is Shakespeare Dead? marshals startling facts into an elegant and often tenacious argument that floats on a current of delicious irony" (Montreal Gazette).
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