Sometimes, it is good to think about our governance structures as if we were explaining them to an alien: it goes a long way towards exposing our blind spots.
I am still convinced that coercive taxation ought not play part in any modern government….
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
October 12, 2012 — xanthippaThis YouTube user, Ozmoroid, has previously uploaded some most excellent videos explaining relativity. I hope his Quantum Mechanics series will be just as awesome:
Ok, OK, I know I am jumping the shark here a little bit, but I just cannot resist…..
Since we are on the topic of Quantum Mechanics, just a bit more brain-candy: here is Richard Feynman on QM part 1: corpuscles of light!
An excellent video on evolution
October 11, 2012 — xanthippaWhile I suspect that most readers of this blog are well versed in basic science, this video is an excellent resource that can be used and passed on:
TheFIREorg: College Professor Censors Anti-Obama Comment on Free Speech Wall
October 2, 2012 — xanthippaSo much for oprning students minds…
Mystery of Mass revealed: A Public Lecture about the Higgs boson
September 28, 2012 — xanthippaIf you will be in the Ottawa area on Thursday, October 11th, 2012, you might want to pop down to Southam Hall at Carleton University for a public lecture about the Higgs boson, called ‘Mystery of Mass revealed’
To be delivered by Carleton University Physics professors Thomas Koffas and Heather Logan, tis public lecture is free and promises to be both informative and fun. So, if you’ll be in the area, treat yourself to some brain-candy and check it out!
Mystery of Mass revealed
7:30 pm Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Kailash Mital Theatre, Southam Hall
Carleton University
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History: the decline of the Ottoman Empire
September 27, 2012 — xanthippaWhile the current geopolitical events are focusing our attention on the previous clashes between Islamic cultures and ‘the West’, it may be of interest to take a look at some of the factors which contributed to the decline of the Ottoman empire.
This following video, while acknowledging the external pressures, highlights some internal developments which affected the decline of the Ottoman empire – developments which we ought not dismiss out of hand:
Nothing like an informed electorate….
September 26, 2012 — xanthippaThis would be funny – if it weren’t so sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJbOU4nmHQ&feature=colike
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