The Boomer News Year-end Blog
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Posted in General, media | 3 Comments »Naming this blog after a hand written newspaper I wrote for our 5th grade class in 1941 is somewhat ironic. Since the first Baby Boomer got the first social security check, there has been a flood of new Baby Boomer ...
The Convergence of Science Methodology & Religious Thought
Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in Religion, science | No Comments »In 2000 I suggested that there would be a successful convergence of science methodology and Religious thought by the year 2050. This is an update. Grandpa won't be around in 2050, but hopefully all of you 11 grandchildren will be. From ...
The Cosmos & the Eye of the Beholder
Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in cosmology | No Comments »[cosmology] Brain Greene, who wrote "The Fabric of the Cosmos" does a much better job than grandpa at describing the fabric of space. The standard big bang model had difficulties with what was referred to as the horizon problem and ...
Nested Universes size factors
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in cosmology | No Comments »OK kids we are going to take a crack at the size of the three universes in our little cosmic concept project. I wish I was smart enough to give you answers with confidence and authority. Grandpa is not and ...
Dark matter & our Nested Universes concept
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in cosmology | No Comments »I think our Nested Universes concept has potential when it comes to answering the source of dark energy. But when it comes to dark matter ... it is, so to speak speak, another matter kids. We would certainly expect there to ...
Conscious Thought & Our Seeable Universe
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in cosmology | No Comments »Conscious thought and our seeable universe are the primary subjects of interest in grandpa's blog kids. Grandpa's last 10 blogs came under the general heading of conscious thought. Now, I'd like to get back to the cosmos and our Nested ...
“People don’t change … only time goes by” Not so kids!
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in Health, consciosness, family | 2 Comments »Kids, up until recently, the common wisdom was that after childhood the brain was "fixed". Your personality was basically "locked in" until the brain declined and memory cells failed. It hasn't been until recently that science has realized the healthy brain ...