Good citizens mustn’t have their mindset led astray by opinions, unconnected to facts. Good political choices arise from true facts and informed opinion.
Thinking in Daily Life
Free Speech, Fake News, and Mindset
Tag: Mensa
Science
Elliptical Orbits and Center of Mass
The planets’ orbitals are elliptical because astronomical measurements are made to the center of the sun rather than the center of mass of the system.
Science
Black Hole Derivation
I was fiddling around with a particle accelerating to the speed of light in a gravitational field. I came up with r <= 2GM/c^2. Imagine my surprise to discover that had a name, the Schwarzchild radius.
My Fiction
Wet Weather
The sky, greyed with storm clouds, hid the motions of the rain person.
