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A Few Thoughts about Sam Harris at TED

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Charity

I’m back with a few thoughts about Sam Harris’s talk at TED about science and morality.  If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it. I have found, and Harris alludes to this, that there exists basically two schools of … Continue reading →

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Captured Lighting: Science As Art

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Charity

In a beautiful convergence of science and art, Bert Hickman creates these “Captured Lightning” sculptures.  The patterns, called Lichtenberg Figures, are “created by carefully trapping and discharging millions of volts of electrical charge inside polished pieces of clear acrylic using … Continue reading →

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