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Perceiving Deep Order, or “Does God Exist?”
In which I consider the existence and/or non-existence of God/gods through a number of different lenses.
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Problems of Translation
Physicists speak math. When they want to communicate clearly with one another, it looks a lot like this: It’s tight. It’s clear. It’s unambiguous (as long as you know how to read the symbols). It’s also completely unlike how most people communicate. Much of the coursework in physics education programs involves simply learning to read…
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The Problem of Naming
“This is a Blarg,” said my partner, placing his glass of wine in the middle of the table. We were at a friend’s house late in the evening, on a rare vacation without our children. The conversation had taken a turn, as they frequently do in my world, for the philosophical. We had a moment…
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Your Guru Won’t be Making Dinner for the Kids
“Nobody is coming to live my life for me. It is the one thing that is mine entirely.” I crawled into bed the other night after reading a wonderful book about a young, female rabbi. She has such faith. I yearn for such faith. And then sometimes, she has such doubt. I know about such…
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“Position Yourself,” He Said
(This blog has a glossary. Or it will, someday.) When I was in grad school the second time, I signed up for a course taught by a radical queer theorist/anthropologist. Because that’s what all physics teachers need, you know? My very first assignment in this course was to summarize the readings (three full length academic…
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Things I Don’t Know
I cannot teach you to be rich. I cannot make you thin, or famous, or more popular with girls. I don’t know the date of the end of the world, or what happens after you die, or six ways to make sure that your next dinner party is a complete success. I can’t help you…
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Giving Up on Truth Will Set You Free
If you get nothing else from this website, please take away the possibility of this: The pursuit of Truth is a fool’s errand. Fool’s Errand 1: The Impossible Task We grow up in a world of competing stories. Call them culture, call them religion, call them beliefs; at heart, they are stories about the world,…
