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Evolution of the Universe

In day-to-day life we don’t deal with the immense distances in intergalactic space, with the vanishingly small distances in subatomic particles or the immense durations of cosmic evolution. Our dai...

The Law of Triviality

The law of triviality is the tendency to spend excessive time on trivial matters, often glossing over important (and usually more difficult) ones. This brings us back to our original question about...

Modern Day Robber Barons

Everybody complains about the high cost of gasoline, but what can we do? The price of gasoline is set by a small number of large, international companies. In a free-market system, market forces are...

Draw the Circle Wide

The time has come for us to Draw the Circle Wide not just for friends and family or for those we agree with. We should draw the circle wide to include all sentient beings. If something is sentient,...

To Everything - Turn, Turn, Turn

The changing of the seasons – the undeniable evidence of the march of time. As the song goes: There is a season, turn, turn, turn. Some people notice the change of season when the first leaves yie...

The Evolution of Human Consciousness

Not only does human consciousness evolve, but so do people’s worldviews. This happens at both the level of a community and of each of us individually. As it turns out, the two have striking similar...