Not unexpectedly, seeing as I am a chemist, I have written about science quite a lot. Here are some recurring themes and opinions about science I have covered over 73 entries on this blog:

• Science is, first and foremost, a method.
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On Thursday, in a second attempt at exploring into other departments' seminar series[1], I snuck into a cognitive science department's talk that proved to be absolutely amazing to me.

(Pay attention triphicus.) The speaker was Dr. Paul Bloom from Yale. (Apparently, this was his second talk of four. I almost cried that I missed his first talk, "Bodies and ( Read more... )

( Nothing to see here; move along. )

Along there with love, this is a tough one to discuss with people because different people have vastly differing ideas on the matter. Yet, I don't think there are multiple kinds of romance so much as I think that different things are romantic to different people. (Whereas I do feel there are many distinct kinds of love.[1]One of the more ( Read more... )

Regarding my last public entry[1], I wonder if anything at all besides human beings can really be said to have any inherent abstract qualities.

Some definitions of "abstract" from Mr. Webster:1 a : disassociated from any specific instance
interesting…2 : possessing a quality apart from an object
This definition would imply that only something with a ( Read more... )

This post is me thinking out loud. Expect logical flaws, and feel free to point them out….

One of my favorite things about my lovely fiancée, sadeyedartist, is that she is a thinker - even if we do not think alike on every issue. (Things would get dull if we all thought alike.) Two of her recent (if you do not count her computer deaths) entries[1, 2] actually ( Read more... )