This is more of a “status” post than a topical one. My time for “thinking” has become spread out over a broad space of activities, with a particular focus on my astronomy hobby and the course I’m running for children, as well as a significant
I recently read William Gilbert’s renaissance masterpiece “On the Lodestone”, and found his work to be extremely intriguing. Gilbert lived at the dawn of the scientific era, from 1544-1603, predating Francis Bacon – originator of the modern scientific method – by about 20 years. He
In reading modern discussions of evolution, and in various discussions, it has become clear to me that there is a difference between what I view as evolution theory, and what that label has come to mean in popular usage. Reducing evolution to its fundamental and