“From Parmenides’ squinting eyes to the Electron Microscope and the James Webb, we’ve come a long way in 2,500 years.”

“We must squeeze every practical advantage we can out of science, but we must not mistake it for reality…”

At its most fundamental level, philosophy takes data from one level of reality and organizes it into patterns that make sense of all levels of reality. “To see a World in a grain of sand…” (William Blake)

“We have created an elaborate structure to shield us from immediate awareness of impending doom!”

So the answer to “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” is neither.

“Events constitute the response of the cosmos to entropy. Like an army in retreat, order regroups… before it resumes its inevitable flight.”

“It is important we remember that ‘democracy’ is ‘authority’ by another name, employing other means, in response to different circumstances.”

"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them…”

“From raw materials to missile defenses to climate control to shipping lanes, Greenland is where it’s at!”

“Zeno exploited the continuity of Real Numbers to show…that motion is incompatible with Arithmetic.”

“Gradually, our sticks became ICBMs and our canopies became high rise condos but the process of problem solving remained unchanged.”

“Who are we to impose our life choices…or, more likely, our life accidents…on anyone else, much less on those we purport to love?”