Wishing Bowl 1/21/23

the wishing bowl in the dream struck me as interesting so I thought I would share. I don’t know if I had seen it somewhere and simply incorporated it into my dream, or if it’s a unique idea. Well, it’s unlikely it’s a unique idea. Heck, maybe it’s a suggestion from the devil!

The Language of Science 1/19/23

indeed, science can be thought of as a language. As we learn more about a subject, then maybe all we do is refine the definition of the terminology. Just something to think about.

No Love 1/14/23

We have a habit of sending these negative messages to students even if we’re not aware we are doing it or doing so intentionally.

Hydrogen 1/8/22

I honestly don’t know which I find more disturbing, that investors will give their money because they don’t understand science, or because they will fall for science based on a comedy.

Tech Day 12/21/22

Damn. She’s right.

String Theory 12/11/22

“So why study it?” He replied, “well, it’s an interesting intellectual challenge, don’t you think?”

Pondering 12/10/22

in the winter is that many of them will immediately go to the water, getting seed only after they’ve had their water. In the summer, it’s the opposite, which raises the question of where birds get water in the dead of winter when all of the water has frozen.

Convergence Point 12/8/22

the sciences all seem to be converging on chemistry. Chemistry is the study of matter, and matter is anything that occupies a volume and has mass, so with few exceptions, it’s everything we can see, touch, smell, or taste

NASA Visit 11/28/22

Sometimes I feel like Chet from the movie Weird Science, when he says, “I’m not a moron you know,” as he turns to a cabinet to grab a drink. Seeing his grandparents catatonic in the cabinet, he says, “Hi, granny, hi grampy” as he takes the drink and closes the cabinet doors

Applied Science 11/27/22

it really wasn’t a fair comparison because I had an unfair advantage. The exam was largely based on the gas laws, something that I understand very well. There was some practical information that I was missing, such as, for example, that pressure doubles for every ten feet of depth to which you are diving.