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Across western society, we have sensed for a long time that the emotional centers of ourselves are lacking an outlet and as a result are under-developing, and it is a shame. So often, when we Continue reading This Way Lies Quicksand
As I know you know, you are far from alone in your feelings about SFF and its use of terminology. And not just what you said about pointless frustration. Good speculative fiction must go much Continue reading To my friend, a Hesitant Sci-Fi/Fantasy Reader
I can tell by the number of hits to my previous post (“UFOs: Why so weird?”) that this topic interests many of you. I have a little more to say. The evidence we’ve been given Continue reading UFO Weirdness continued: a “New Sheriff in Town”
If there’s one topic that’s always sort of lurking in the back of my mind, it’s UFOs. Or as the recent lingo goes, UAPs. But I’m going to stick with the term UFO here, because Continue reading UFOs: Why so weird?
What a gorgeous day. We’ve got the windows open. It’s sunny. There’s a nice breeze. I feel a bit out of sorts after my little break. Much has happened over the past few months—a pandemic Continue reading Thoughts about the movie Tenet, and other thoughts
I recently read a book recommended to me by one of my beta readers, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by historian Yuval Noah Harari. The topic is quite large, and to be honest, I Continue reading Personal Narratives, Tribalism, and Robots
An author on Twitter once asked the other authors what they found challenging to them. For me at the time, it was how to convey silence in my stories. Silence has value. It’s easier to Continue reading Noise
I recently read The Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the ‘Jennifer Aniston’ Neuron (2017), recommended to me by a reader of my last post, in which neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga talks about how our brains Continue reading Memory as a Model for Fiction
Take a deep breath. I’ll join in. There are far too many thoughts running through our heads right now, I know, and on top of everything, today’s Georgia’s election run-off. Man oh man. There’s so Continue reading Happy New Year! I’m going to talk about déjà vu.
I may be biting off more than I can chew here, but hopefully, you’ll be entertained as I choke… Just kidding. Last night we watched Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Season 3, Episode 9, on Hulu, hosted Continue reading When Mind and Matter Collide: What’s our role in a deterministic universe?