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Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity – Simple to digest youtube playlist thereon

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Ossington

Ho folks, I am not about to say that I understand Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, but the physical world is the way that it is, and this theory goes a long way to explain that world. I have watched about … Continue reading →

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Evolution: Why We Prevailed (World Science Festival talk)

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Ossington

Ho folks, This is a great talk on the evolution of the current form of mankind, from the World Science Festival. Good news: We survived because our ancestors responded to environmental changes with rapid change of their own. Bad news: … Continue reading →

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The quantum nature of consciousness | a short film about the multiverse :11/11/2014

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Ossington

Ho folks, Below is a short film about the multiverse, well, the idea of the existence of an infinite plurality of causally-determined paths, entire worlds that are said to exist because you chose a red shirt rather than a blue … Continue reading →

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BBC Human Universe | S01 E01 | Apeman – Spaceman | 10/11/2014

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Ossington

Good morning fellow humans, fellow inanimate objects capable of cognition. Below is a sponsored youtube video featuring the first episode of BBC’s The Human Universe.  This is said to be very much like the Cosmos series, and so I have no … Continue reading →

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Lawrence Krauss on the origin, shape, and fate of the Universe | 2014-11-09

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Ossington

Big fan of Lawrence Lawrence M. Krauss. An excellent talk on the idea of a Universe from nothing, and how that is consistent with the current understanding of inflation and cosmology more generally. Great ending too. Well, of the talk … Continue reading →

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Laniakea – In case you lose your way home | A map of our corner of the Universe

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Ossington

Ho fellow residents of the Cosmos, of the observable universe, of Laniakea, of the Milky Way, of the solar system of Sol, of Earth, how do you do? This post is to share the excellent news regarding our newfound understanding … Continue reading →

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Sam Harris on JRE, talking about the mind, the soul, morality, et al.

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Ossington

Ho Cosmic beings, In my ongoing effort to communicate my philosophy/ideology and the consequent imperatives… though I am no closer than I was yesterday, I have found a book which may communicate much of the same. It’s bizarre, even some … Continue reading →

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Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth [Youtube]

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Ossington

Ho folks, Here’s a fairly sick EDM song, and a video beneath regarding Earth, it’s birth and constitution. Tiger LA – Now You Know (Bobby Green Remix) (Almost) Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth Cheers, – J

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Stefan Molyneux & Joe Rogan | (Un)defining ‘Life’ | Technocracy movement

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Ossington

Important edit 20201018: NOTE! This was shared long before I learned about what Stefan Molyneux was all about. TO BE SURE, I do not like Stefan, and my sharing this was more about my intellectual naïveté at the time of … Continue reading →

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A new theory of time | the source of consciousness | robot-workers revolution

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Ossington

Ho world, I just finished watching Neil Degrasse Tyson’s reboot of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. At present, I am actually about 1/5th into Carl Sagan’s book of the same title. What a wonderful human Carl turned out to be. *sigh* I digress. … Continue reading →

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