The Texture of Time

8 Ways to Defuse Terrorism Non-Violently: In light of Paris, Beirut, Nigeria, Turkey, Chad and the world…

November 15, 2015

Strategies for defusing potential violence/terrorism, applicable to terrorism, police violence, racism, and school shooters. 1) Befriend people different than you, and work to make sure everyone has enough. 2) Don’t let a group become isolated, make friends with outcasts. 3) Make peace the more popular thing to do by building a strong community around non-violence… More 8 Ways to Defuse Terrorism Non-Violently: In light of Paris, Beirut, Nigeria, Turkey, Chad and the world…

Dopamine and Traction between Internal and External Time

August 30, 2015

Decreases in the neurotransmitter dopamine are linked to Parkinson’s, ADHD, and age – all of which involve an altered experiences of time. Dopamine seems to play a role in one’s ability to synchronize an internal and externals experiences of time. … More Dopamine and Traction between Internal and External Time

Structures of Consciousness: Part II: Finding Gold and The Domestication of the Mental

August 12, 2015

How the mind confronts the paradox of non-duality.… More Structures of Consciousness: Part II: Finding Gold and The Domestication of the Mental

Light Water Body: Creek Swimming, Objects as Processes, and Particles as Waves

July 30, 2015

From creek swimming to black hole whirlpool shadows, the emptiness of matter, the wave nature of light, and Young’s double slit experiment…… More Light Water Body: Creek Swimming, Objects as Processes, and Particles as Waves

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Deep Pockets: Zeno, Coastlines, and the Dimension of Scale

July 23, 2015

How to fit infinity into finitude? By using the infinite depths of the dimension of scale.… More Deep Pockets: Zeno, Coastlines, and the Dimension of Scale

The Meaning of Imaginary Time: Creativity’s Dialog with Timelessness

July 15, 2015

Before exploring some mathematicians’ more creative explorations of the of the role of imaginary numbers such as Lewis Carroll, a.k.a Charles Dodgson’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and Wolfgang Pauli’s account of active imagination, entitled “Piano Lesson,” let’s take a look at the role imaginary numbers play mathematically.… More The Meaning of Imaginary Time: Creativity’s Dialog with Timelessness

Structures of Consciousness: Part I: Gebser and EEG states

July 9, 2015

A review of how consciousness shifts throughout the day, as we grow up, and throughout our evolutionary history, based on Gebser’s Structures of Consciousness and EEG states.… More Structures of Consciousness: Part I: Gebser and EEG states

Layers of Time: Land, People, Cosmos

July 2, 2015

The lifeblood of Austin, originally called Waterloo, has always been its swimming holes, creek filled bastions pausing on their way to the Colorado River that bisects the town. Cold, clear springs bubble forth saving grace during scorching Texas summers. Layers of limestone, sea creature shells laid down in an ancient shallow sea, like sugar at… More Layers of Time: Land, People, Cosmos

One Thousand Words for Time

October 20, 2007

Time for a Tree “If I were to ask you about time…” the question came as if from nowhere, “What would you say?” “About time? What would I say about time? Who would ask such a question?” As I wondered, I saw him emerge, dark and heavy, from the recesses of my mind. He was… More One Thousand Words for Time

The Physics of Time

May 1, 2006

Exploring the implications of entropy, relativity, and temporal symmetry…… More The Physics of Time