Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
A mind-expanding tour of the cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Robert Krulwich
youtube.comThe modern physicist, while he still believes that matter is in some sense atomic, does not believe in empty space. Where there is not matter, there is still something, notably light-waves. Matter no longer has the lofty status that it acquired in philosophy through the arguments of Parmenides. It is not unchanging substance, but merely a way of
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Within a decade, however, this edifice had crumbled. The resolution of Kelvin’s “details” unleashed two full-scale revolutions, of relativity and quantum mechanics. What’s more, each of these revolutions took physics in a radically different direction,
Thomas Hertog • On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
the indeterminacy of it all appeals to me.
David Kasher • ParshaNut: 54 Journeys into the World of Torah Commentary
Thomas Gold was a professor of astrophysics at Cornell University and one of the most interesting scientists of the 20th century. He had a notable penchant for diving into completely new fields and developing hypotheses utterly at odds with the scientific consensus of the day. His many achievements include correcting the understanding of how the... See more
Doomberg • The Other Strategic Reserve
I know that many of these virtues have to do with the ways in which the pieces handle and respond to the tsunami of available fact, context, and per-spective that constitutes Total Noise. This claim might itself look slippery, because of course any published essay is a burst of infor-mation and context that is by definition part of 2007’s overall... See more