The belief that intelligent life might exist elsewhere in the universe was not subjected to a truly scientific enquiry until recently. Yet it undoubtedly antedates recorded history ... To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow. -- Metrodorus of Chios In space … [Read more...]
Small Pale Blue Dot…
What do we really want from religion? Palliatives? Therapy? Comfort? Do we want reassuring fables or an understanding of our actual circumstances? Dismay that the Universe does not conform to our preferences seems childish. You might think that grown-ups would be ashamed to put such thoughts into print. The fashionable way of doing this is not to blame the Universe -- which … [Read more...]
Higher Dimensions
Multidimensional Universe “For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.” -- Lao Tzu. Chinese Taoist Philosopher, founder of Taoism, writer of Tao Te Ching or The Book of the Way. 600-531 B.C. [ad name="Adsense160x600_orange"] Imagine we lived on a flat two-dimensional surface, a Flatland. We would not have any knowledge of the … [Read more...]