Truth, Relativity, And Time — Lessons Our President Should Have Learned
November 08, 2019
A Brief History of Time, Albert Einstein, Brian Koberlein, Could the Present Ever Change the Past?, Delayed Choice, Donald Trump, IQ, properties of waves and particles, Russia and the 2016 American election, Stephen Hawking0 Comment
Whether or not Albert Einstein gave his brain to science may be a matter of debate, (Click) but it would be fascinating to compare his mind to Donald Trump’s. Einstein’s IQ is 160 while Trump claims his is 156. The number means less to me than how well a person g
Continue Reading →About Our Economy: Figures Lie And Liars Figure
March 08, 2019
Albert Einstein, Karl Marxan, Milton Freeman, Modern Monetary Theory, social ideas in a capitalistic society
The man I succeeded in public office liked to say, “Figures lie and liars figure.” I won’t speak about liars but figures can be slippery. After 8 years of grappling with a county budget, I gained a healthy understanding that numbers have a plasticity. Many assumptions are bu
Continue Reading →Art For Art’s Sake — xxxTentacion Not Included
July 12, 2018
Albert Einstein, Amanda Petrusich, art for art's sake, Caravaggio, IMHO, OPB, Picasso, R. Kelly, Roseanne Barr, XXXTentacion
During an In My Humble Opinion (IMHO) segment of Public Broadcasting Service news (OPB), Amanda Petrusich, music critic for the New Yorker, spoke about the “outdated” notion that a work of art stands apart from the person who created it. The theory is long-standing and k
Continue Reading →Thoughts About Alternative Truth
April 07, 2017
Albert Einstein, alternative truth, Cory Doctorow, Gimme Shelter, Roger Lowenstein, The Stories We Fall For, theory of relativity, Titanic
Because we live in a chaotic universe, Robert Lowenstein believes we invent narratives to make sense of our surroundings. (“The Stories We Fall For,” by Roger Lowenstein, Fortune, March 15, 2017, pg. 30). I’m inclined to believe him. The world really is of our making. Here
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