Tag: Nietzsche

Time Travel, Thermodynamics and Heat: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 5

“At the precise moment heat is produced, the process is irreversible: the past differs from the future,” writes Carlo Rovelli in Reality Is Not What It Seems. “It is always heat and only heat that distinguishes the past from the future.” I find this fascinating - the notion that heat is inextricably tied to our … Continue reading Time Travel, Thermodynamics and Heat: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 5 →

Religion, Knowledge and Intelligence: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 3

I'd just like to qualify this next section by admitting that, for the first couple of pars, I’d been reading Nietzsche and Rovelli and then decided to note down some thoughts after drinking a bit. So it begins with something of a mild drunken blast. But I have opted to publish it because I still … Continue reading Religion, Knowledge and Intelligence: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 3 →