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Feynman on Science and Religion

16-Feb-10

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The following quote is from a talk by physicist Richard Feynman called The Relation of Science and Religion, which I consider a apologia of sorts:
I don’t know the answer to this central problem – the problem of maintaining the real value of religion, as a source of strength and of courage to […]

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Magnetorheological Beds?

10-Jan-08

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Inspired by this concept of a “Love Bed” (pictured here)

I thought of ways to make a similar bed without all the complications inherent with a slotted system. That is, the surface of the bed would need to have that sort of give, while firmly supporting all others. The Tempurpedic beds are made […]

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Some Particle Physics: the Higgs Boson

21-Nov-07

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The best explanation of what the Higgs Boson is, what it means to science, and generally talking about particle physics in a widely accessible way thot I have ever read:

The Higgs boson..the “God Particle” (ick…sorry Leon). The Holy Grail of particle physics. (Um, also there’s that dark matter stuff but who knows […]

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