This Advent, do not assume a spherical Jesus
Spherical Cow, from Abstruse Goose via The Last Word on Nothing. Creative commons 3.0. You know, I thought I had just coined the phrase, “spherical Jesus.” But no. UPDATED 12/7 I woke up this morning and realized this post, as it was, made no sense. So I dropped the Harold Camping business and added Jesus. [...]
On detachment: what religion can learn from science
Tamara Grizjuk, Detachment, 2002. From 29 November – 20 December, Ms. Grizjuk’s work will be on display at the Agora Gallery in Chelsea, NYC. I believe it will be her first show on this side of the Atlantic, so go check it out if you can. Image source: ARTmine. Used with permission of the artist [...]
Introducing 114 and 116. Watch those shifty scientists
Back a few years ago Cobb County, a major suburban county in metro Atlanta (my hometown and current address), posted stickers in high school biology books that read, “This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open [...]
Here’s some blatant coolness: powers of ten
Powers of Ten. Credit and copyright: Charles & Ray Eames (Eames Office) What sublime joy to discover, just now, today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, brought to you by our friends at NASA. Here’s their explanation for the completely cool video above. How different does the universe look on small, medium, and large scales? The [...]
Living and loving in the multiverse, or, the trouble with Jesus as a dolphin
Guglielmo, Jorge in Wonderland, 2007. Jorge Luis Borges is the author of The Garden of Forking Paths, published in 1941. It is one of the earliest literary uses of the idea of parallel universes. The idea now carries a degree of scientific respect, a reality that we here at psnt.net are having a hard time [...]
Is there an odd new plushie headed for Julie’s Particle Zoo?
We have made the conscious decision to not advertise on psnt.net, but this is just too much goodness to resist. These critters are true labors of love, made by hand by Particle Zookeeper Julie Peasley. My personal favorite is the beta-decay set. Support Julie! Get your own subnuclear plushies at particlezoo.net today and crank up [...]
This just in: Bible proves Einstein wrong
The left-wing rabble-rouser, anti-truth conspirator, and Bible-unbeliever at his home in Princeton, NJ in 1950. Only a liberal agitator would wear shoes like that Friends, I had to create a new category, weirdness, for this one. I really love it when people of some prominence say things without thinking about it first. In this case [...]
