Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Introduction to this blog

Dear Reader

Everything you internalise is, by necessity, observed by you. The observations that make it all the way to be perceived by your conscious mind are heavily filtered, and integrated into your model of reality. This model in turns depends on your frame of reference. By way of examples I have come across over the past few years I would like share some reference frames with you. By doing this, I hope to share with you my absolute passion for accumulating knowledge about and insight into the world around us.

It is my intention to build my postings around several themes that are of interest to me. I list them here, without promise of expanding on any particular theme any time soon. I will probably change this list as time moves on.

  • Deep concepts
  • Microbes
  • Computers and computation
  • Physics
  • (The new) biology
  • Medicine in the 21st century
  • Antarctica
  • The universe and cosmology
  • The ultimate reality
  • Photography
  • Publishing
  • Literature
  • Music and Noise

WARNING: Some of these musings are not for the faint-of-heart. You are certain to hold particular convictions about life, the universe, and everything, and you might find that I challenge some of those. Of course you are welcome to challenge me in turn, but please remain polite. 

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