On September 30, 2025, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University announced they had developed functional eggs from human skin cells. Immediately, I thought of Frank Herbert’s gholas. Duncan Idaho is the most-reborn man in Dune. From his first appearance on Arrakis, he is marked as archetype: Swordmaster of Ginaz, sensual, loyal, utterly alive. (JasonContinue reading “Gholas and the Eternal Golden Braid”
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Gödel and Einstein: Friendship and Relativity
This is a post copied whole cloth from an article by Palle Yourgrau as he was marketing his (then) recently published A World Without Time (2006). There have been any number of articles about both of these incredible thinkers. Despite a biting criticism (reposted in full at the bottom of this page) of Yourgrau’s book, IContinue reading “Gödel and Einstein: Friendship and Relativity”
Covid-19 and Time
Usually, Outlook regulates my time through calendar invites and other obligation reminders. But the Covid-19 pandemic and its forced isolation means many are spending more time alone, without the external impositions of scheduled activities. And I am sure the rupturing of routine is a psychic unbalancing. Personally, I am enjoying the shift. It has allowedContinue reading “Covid-19 and Time”
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