Category: Ionian Enchantment

In the book “Odd John,” an evolutionary leap of a child wonders why human beings constructed their number system in units of ten. After all, units of twelve are divisible by {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12} while ten is only divisible by {1, 2, 5, 10}. Taking this a step further, a base 60…

Human beings have one of the largest brain to body mass ratios of any animal on the planet. While it could be argued that this is due in part to our sophisticated hand control, just as an octopus requires a large brain to control its eight appendages, our obvious accomplishments as the most successful higher-order…

Before After After After The Body as Extension of the Mind Soccer player Marco Antonio “El Diablo” Etcheverry’s mind has the ability to calculate the velocity, trajectory, and spin of a soccer ball on the playing field and kick it with at precisely the right spot with the perfect amount of force to redirect it…

“Millions of participants and still not an Olympic Event.” – Condom Advertisement Paul Reuben (aka. Pee Wee Herman), severely damaged his career because of it. Former President Bill Clinton risked everything for it. Numerous religious leaders have gone down in the flames of social scorn in the pursuit of it. Sexual Gratification is an incredibly…

Wile E. Coyote Wile E. Coyote, self-proclaimed “Super Genius,” goes by the scientific name “Eternalii Famishus,” has one all-consuming goal in life, to catch the Road Runner, scientific name “Acceleratii Incredibilus.” To accomplish this, Wile E implements a wide variety of weapons, state of the art technologies, and McGuyveresque (which should really be “Wile E…

Modifications to our genetic expressions are commonplace and extend back to ancient times. Men shave their facial hair; women use makeup. Primitive peoples paint their bodies, tattoo and scar their skins into complex, meaningful designs. Lip-plates, nose-bones, piercings, all of these are attempts to modify, decorate, or otherwise enhance our genetic foundation. Practices not used…

All existence can be defined through mathematics. All forms of Science, from Physics to Psychology, rely heavily on measurements of reality to communicate their discoveries. Without the capability to quantify our world through the concrete language of math, we would have no common foundation of reality to agree upon. The emergence of society depended on…

“To study history one must know in advance that one is attempting something fundamentally impossible, yet necessary and highly important. To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. It is a very serious task, young man, and possibly a tragic one.” – Father Jacobus (from Hesse’s “Magister Ludi”)…

“Each of us, at some time in our lives, turns to someone – a father, a brother, a God – and asks, ‘Why am I here? What was I meant to be?’” – Commander Spock, Star Trek: The Motion Picture This website is a blog. People create blogs with many different purposes from humor, to…

Excellent Observation! Visitors to this site will notice that while the “Concept Map” section of the site does provide a list of articles, or concepts, there is no “Map.” This is because I have absolutely no clue how to dynamically generate a true concept map. A Concept Map is what it sounds like, a map…

Social Animals With a complex understanding of Evolution, one that goes beyond observable genetic traits, we find some deeper reasons for the human race’s success. Sure, we had some terrific genes. Those opposable thumbs were really handy (Get it, “Handy”?) and the subsequent tool use helped us to bonk the duller monkeys on the head…

Fourmilab Switzerland A fun, mental playground, site based in Switzerland and maintained John Walker, founder of Autodesk, Inc and co-author of AutoCAD. The Discovery Channel Home of the many Discovery Channel networks, which make learning about your world fun and inspiring. Science Jokes A fun collection of science jokes. I don’t get most of them,…