Guest Thinkers — August 26, 2009

Enoch’s Flat Earth

Enoch was the Bible’s top astrologer.

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/febible.htm

In many a scripture in the bible they refer to the earth having a foundation.

Some of the writings where the earth is described as shaking and rumbling, one can easly say they meant the earth settled down. Probably from a local earth quake or other act of nature. “The earth settled on it’s foundation” This is within reason.

But for the most part, the people of Mesopotamia had no idea yet that the earth was round. How could they?

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

a group of five matches on a pink background.

The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

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The trick to instantly identifying JWST images

If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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