Real Physics

A Realistic Exploration into Nature

“What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.”

Friday, October 04, 2024

For the Poverello

Once you realize that "I don't have what I need" is all that you need, then your life can begin.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Mirages Instead of Marriages

Following up on the previous post, on Ex Machina (2014), one remarkable aspect of the film is the ease with which Caleb accepts the possibi...

Friday, August 30, 2024

Automata, Autogoal

When I saw the ads for Ex Machina (2014) many years ago, I thought it was some sort of sex-robot fantasy with a pretentious, high-minded e...

Saturday, July 20, 2024

The Present

I may get in trouble for this, but I mean nothing heterodox. Let me hasten to clarify: God of course is complete and perfect in himself, req...

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Home

As he declined into dementia, my father was always asking to go home. "Home" was at first the place where he grew up, the house on...

Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Take the Win, part 1

I have friends who complain about replacing "AD/BC" with "CE/BCE" (Common Era, Before the Common Era) for historical dat...

Thursday, April 04, 2024

Aristotle's Toy Universe

The title might sound condescending, but "toy" is meant in a sense similar to that in a physicist's "toy model," an ...

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Lawrence Gage: United States; Physics Ph.D., Columbia University · IAP Certified · Midwife's Son · Compulsive Devil's Advocate · Humanist Skeptic · Amateur Camel Strainer · Sacred Cow Tipper · Ironman Jaywalker

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