I recently heard in the news that some Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong station found themselves without a safe return vehicle. Only months earlier, two NASA astronauts faced a similar situation when their planned return craft malfunctioned, forcing them to remain in orbit far longer than …
I recently heard a short radio segment mentioning that throughout history—from ancient Greece to the 21st century—numerous philosophers, both men and women, have examined the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligent life. Hearing that, I reflected on how the question of extraterrestrial intel…
What the return of the word abomination reveals about our collective disconnection
After receiving a message from an acquaintance calling “an abomination” the recent results of an election at a major American city, I couldn’t help thinking about what that word really means and why it appears …
There is a wide range of beliefs that can be considered harmful because of the negative effect they have on our lives once we accept them—most often unconsciously and uncritically. One such belief, now widely prevalent, is the assumption that there are no possible alternatives or new opportuniti…
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