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Major Tim doesn’t not believe in God, or does…

by Jack Barrow | Aug 14, 2018 | Media, Non Fiction, Pop Philosophy, Science, Travelogue, Writing

Tim Peake was on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning answering the question of, “Was the universe designed by a higher intelligence?” This was the way the question was posed to Britain’s latest astronaut by the BBC’s Justin Webb. Tim Peak’s Soyuz capsule is...

Are IT professionals guilty of magical thinking?

by Jack Barrow | Feb 15, 2018 | Magic, Science, Technology, Thoughts and Observations

In my coming travelogue (too long in the pipeline) I discuss two ways of looking at and dealing with the world, that I describe as rational and irrational approaches. The irrational approach is often described as magical thinking. Wikipedia defines magical thinking as...

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by Jack Barrow | Dec 3, 2015 | General Silliness, Science

Where will Mars lead us?

by Jack Barrow | Apr 17, 2013 | Media, Science, Social Media, Thoughts and Observations

There’s talk in the media about missions to Mars, there has been ever since the moon landings 40 years ago. How would we fund such a trip, would we be able to overcome the technological and psychological obstacles? These are all issues that now have potential...

Does gravity push?

by Jack Barrow | Oct 11, 2011 | General Blog, General Silliness, Science, Thoughts and Observations

Many years ago a friend in a pub suggested that gravity pushes and it’s only the existence of a planet beneath our feet that creates a shadow that stops us being pushed away from the planet. If gravity pushes could it explain inflation and, at the same time, the...

Have we reached the peak of the scientific model of reality?

by Jack Barrow | Sep 23, 2010 | Non Fiction, Paganism, Pop Philosophy, Science, Writing

Radio 4’s Today programme, today, had a short feature on the thoughts of a physicist named Russell Stannard. In his new book he suggests that we may be coming to a point where science has made the majority of its major advances and that we may not be able to learn a...

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