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Author: ProfTomBot
Psyborgism and Me
As biotechnology continues on its accelerating path, it’s only a matter of years before it is possible to interchange flesh … More
A Life to Grow Old With
Age is contrived like a history book page Events repeat but they can’t really be the same Every moment is … More
A genius is a midget
A genius is a midget standing on the shoulder of a giant. In other words, ingenuity is someone applying knowledge … More
Phrase Shift for a Phase Shift
Seattle to Tacoma Conversion: TomBot’s mind-body unit was translated geographically from Seattle to Tacoma….. the re-allocation was more than physical, … More
Word-Smith Challenge: The Hunt for Deeper Understanding
Word-Smith Challenge: “Word-Smith Challenges” are linguistic ingenuity challenges demanding top quantity and quality responses. The objective for this one is to … More
Rainier from 520
Tahoma -aka Mt. Rainier from Troll bridge 520 looking south over Lake Washington on LSD*, sunrise, 2017. *Lovely Summer Day
Music as Our Soul’s Own Speech
Music origin: It is debated whether music is a precursor or epi-phenomenon of language but it’s species specificity and cross-cultural … More
Race Typo: The Error of Racial Typology
In history, the dominating method of describing human physical variation has been typologically based. A typological view follows a system … More
How do you get to know someone who thinks nobody understands them?
Unlike the rest, you’ll have to extract a lot of information from them, like their habits, thoughts, and beliefs. All … More
How to Be[a]Friend
When I have life, I have no strife Kiss b’bye no wife, hear no gripe Just ripe as a summer … More
Can you give evidence the Earth is round and not flat?
I’ll have to make a blog with all the reasons I can think of sometime. For now I’ll give you … More
The problem of other minds
Their minds are not real minds, or are not anything like my mind, or their minds are just in my … More
If I have a cylindrical pipe, closed at one end, fill it with water and freeze it, will the ice burst the pipe?
This depends on the dimensions of the pipe as the open end’s surface area must allow a rate of flow … More
Fate Knows Best
When I let the fates decide, my soul resides Regardless of low or high tide, I have guides Fate is … More
What is the main source of the Sun’s light and heat?
Gravity. Without it there can’t be all those atoms crushed together and radiating electromagnetic radiation and particles and at such … More
Which planet takes the least time to complete one revolution around the sun? Why?
The least time would have to be the one closest to the Sun, Mercury. The closest planet would be traveling … More
Why couldn’t the Planet Nine, or say Planet Ten, just be a wormhole or a new type of black hole we haven’t seen yet?
It likely isn’t micro black holes as these don’t last very long due to loss of mass from radiation (black … More
Your Brain’s Force Field
It is biologically useful to have a barrier between the central nervous system and the rest of the body. Blood … More
Speed of Electricity
There are some confusing things to ponder when figuring how fast electricity is going down the copper wires of our … More
Is water flammable?
Flammable meaning it is able to become a flame, would be no, but let’s try to find a way, and … More
Wise Eyes
Ojos Sabios: The old man claimed his vision was bad But this ol’ guy didn’t know what he had Sure, … More
Money to Value Like Apples to Oranges
Money is in the eye of the beholder Look deeper Value is more complex, rich, and bolder Not hard or … More
Mind Full Love
It’s all in the mind. And when it comes to love, make your mind full.
Can’t Lose a Mind Profound:
The Man chains you, bonds you, brings you down Fast forward regret, wish your time rewound. Feeling in pause, engage … More
Theory of Mind
Theory of Mind (ToM) Def: Refers to an individual human’s concept that other’s have minds and accordingly how to interact … More
Cassimir Force as a clue to Dark Energy:
A phenomenon like the Casimir force might reveal why we have unaccountable expansion of space. The Casimir force is demonstrated … More
Cure Seen All Around Us
We’re just sizzling bubbles in a sauce panacea that is panorama.
How does a dehumidifier remove water vapor from air?
This will be with large volume machines in mind but applies to any dehumidifier and the cooling system is basically … More
Humanity’s Greatest Threat: A Gift and a Curse, or Just a Gift?
Except for isolated band-level societies, any given human being on Earth has humans as their top threat to survival. Something … More
The Random Canundrum
There is this notion that random is not only real, but a commonality. But randomness It’s cognitively tedious and distracting … More
Knowing about Knowing
If you know everything about a subject at least you know you surely know little about it. As you know, … More
Want to Change Behavior? Just Believe!
Many people in our modern world find the need to change habits and behaviors that they find burdensome. However, it … More
Left to Right: The Right to Be Left
Take a right, but leave a left. Take a left, right after the right lane merges left but give right-of-way. … More
Life in Terms of Entropy: a Counter-Entropic Chemistry
Entropy is basically the degree of disorder. It’s considered a physical law that on average everything increases in entropy (increases … More
Digital Travel Therapy
I’ve had spontaneous moments where I feel prolonged homesickness or a potent bout of nostalgia that I can’t shake. The … More
Spirit of the Wolf
The howl echoes away, but the wolf’s spirit lingers….
Gallos Contra Arañas: “Cock-aranya-duel!”
Robotanist gone wild
Out of it’s element in the elements.
Efficiency
Concise: Efficiency is a ratio of time and energy used per objective accomplished. In-context of human work: Efficiency is the … More
Nothing Can Suck Enough to Be Nothing: The Impossibility of Pure Vacuum
More vacuum is always possible, to an extent. Human-made vacuums are so far from empty that I must either disregard … More
Open up your tracing possibilities
Trace anything you can view on a computer screen! If you are able to surpass the threshold of screen brightness … More
An Anthropological Assessment of Euro-American Biomedicine
My critiques of biomedicine will be based on its parochialism. This ranges from epistemological ideals to a lack of understanding … More
Why aren’t ordinary objects attracted by gravity and stick together?
If these ordinary objects were all alone in space they would go flying together as they are indeed attracted by … More
How can I effectively transplant a saguaro cactus?
One component of success is not getting a huge fine. Saguaros fall under Arizona’s Protected Plants Law. A property owner … More
“The Way”: A way to facilitate a confident path to an optimal destination.
**Introduction and caveats: Over the years I have made a lot of mistakes or lacked a lot of discipline and … More
A Mel’s Dozen of Personal Questions
I suppose there were supposed to be 11 questions, but a Mel‘s Dozen is 12 so I’ll oblige. 1. Naked … More