Conscious Realism May Replace Physicalism/Materialism One Day.
Cognitive psychologist and popular science author, Donald D. Hoffman is embarking on a fascinating expedition into the realms of...
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Dylan Ponder Walker
- Jul 22
- 5 min
A Relatively Simple and Effective Solution to Avoid Catastrophic Impacts
Throughout history, Earth has faced numerous threats from space, and perhaps one of the most menacing is the potential impact of a large...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Apr 17
- 5 min
AI Just Extended the Drake Equation
The Large Language Model, ChatGPT, has gave us an extended version of the famous drake equation. The advent of artificial intelligence...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Mar 21
- 10 min
Carl Sagan's Extended Kardashev Scale.
The Kardashev Scale is a theoretical framework developed by the Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev in 1964 to measure the level of...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Opal Found On Mars Lettuces Ponder Mars' Watery Past.
In October 2021, NASA's Mars Rover, Perseverance, made a groundbreaking discovery: a small, shiny rock that turned out to be an opal....
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Does reality have a rock bottom?
Reductionism is the idea that complex stuff can be explained by breaking it down into simpler parts. It's been a powerful tool in...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Could information be the 5th state of matter? Let's ponder.
In the world of physics, we often think of matter in terms of its physical states: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. These states are...
Marcin Świtała
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
Interference reflects the curvature of spacetime
https://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/insidebh/waterfall.html Hyperbolas have the same equation as ellipses and transition to each other. The...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Oct 2, 2022
- 4 min
Fractals within practical uses: Satellite tagged Narwhals. Let's ponder the data.
Recently, biologists published an extensive study in PLOS Computational Biology. A team of biologists tracked the behaviour of narwhals...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
Did AI just discover 'Alternative physics'?
An artificial intelligence program has identified variables to describe various physical phenomena. An AI program developed by Columbia...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Sep 4, 2022
- 6 min
Human brain is the most complex thing in the cosmos. Let's ponder this ego massage
There is no exaggeration to be made when it comes to stating that human brains are extraordinary organs. No other brain in the animal...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Sep 3, 2022
- 3 min
What the fudge is the Milk Carton Rule?
We're coming back from space and landing on Earth today. We'll be pondering the Milk Carton Rule. In order to help you work more...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
Have aliens left the universe? Let's ponder.
Have Aliens Left The Universe? Theory Predicts We’ll Follow. In Star Wars, the bars are bustling with all types of alien creatures. And...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Lazy Tabloids use sensationalism & clickbait, but James Webb Telescope is fine after meteoroid hit.
James Webb Telescope is fine after hit by meteoroid
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Jan 12, 2022
- 4 min
Hexagons, hexagons, hexagons!
For a year, I suddenly started seeing hexagons everywhere, so I got searching to why there are so many hexagons. Apparently is it to do...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Jun 23, 2021
- 5 min
Psychedelic Catalysts: Unveiling Their Role in Shaping Modern Civilization
This is regarding the theory by Terence Mckenna that states that plants and mushrooms have a relationship in our evolution & that these...
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
Flow State. The interesting phycology about being in the zone.
Flow is your most productive mental state in which during an activity you are fully immersed in a feeling of energised focus, full involveme
Dylan Ponder Walker
- Jun 12, 2021
- 3 min
Alcubierre Warp Drive
Is faster than light travel possible? The ship is not moving through space-time (but moving space-time itself) It is analogous to a...
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