In Young’s Double Slit experiement a beam of light is projected towards two slits in a partition. Due to the wave-like properties of Electromagnetic radiation the light passes through both slits and disperses there just as a water wave disperses after passing through a narrow gap. These dispersed waves interfere with each other – the [...]
What is to follow will be a very long piece that I am going to break down into separate sections. My rough plan indicates about ten posts will be needed! I hope readers will find it worth working through the necessary mass of topic introduction and discussion to get to the meat of my points. [...]
This is the most recent draft of my letter I am going to send to my local council about recycling. It’s not finished yet. I want to check more facts, provide more references, and check out the status of glass recycling’s usefulness.
But here it is as of now:
Dear Sir/Madam,
On returning home today I discovered that [...]
In a primitive society it is obvious to see that an absolute belief that X is right and Y is wrong is easier to control and maintain than any kind of philosophical or ethical system that requires complex thought to initiate and continuous explanation. Particularly when it comes to children, an absolute rule is easier [...]
This is a great little video showing the relative sizes of planets and stars. Really impressive!
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Following on from my indignation with the Yosemite Large Tree Population assumptions, also in the news today we find out that Humans were having a severe impact on fish populations as early as 1000AD!
Men Kill Fish!
Again we are not presented with enough data to support the conclusion. Initially they state that fishbones are found in [...]
It really annoys me when something is reported in the press whereby without any proper analysis it is assumed that some problem or phenomena is attributed to Global Warming (GW). Recently in the news, the numbers of large trees in Yosemite National Park has dropped over the last 60-70 years so that must be GW [...]