The truth is not out there
It’s stunningly beautiful, yes. And unimaginably large. But you won’t find what you’re really looking for in NGC 6188, a star-forming region 4000 light years away in the southern constellation Ara. The light of young hot stars reflects off the dust in the cloud out of which they were formed several million years ago, and [...]
Bruno would love this
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was an Italian Dominican friar who had some radical ideas about the world. He thought that the universe was made of discrete particles (atoms), that the Sun was a nearby star, that the Earth orbited the Sun, and that the other stars had planets too. He did not see the universe as [...]
Dalai Lama: Shambhala not in Canada
The Dalai Lama hosting a private audience at his residence in Dharamshala. This is not my photograph but shows almost exactly the view from my seat on Friday. Image source: www.dalailama.com Dad and I were the recipients of a great honor last Friday: we took part in a private audience with the Dalai Lama at [...]
(Learned) ignorance is bliss
Nicholas of Cusa, by the Master of the Life of the Virgin “If we can fully attain unto [knowledge of our ignorance], we will attain unto learned ignorance. For a man — even one very well versed in learning — will attain unto nothing more perfect than to be found to be most learned in [...]
