Lori's Been Researching the Cobweb

See Ben Eater on Running a Breadboard at 1MHz.


See also Anton Petrov on correlations between peak solar activity and viral pandemics:


See Lori on Extraterrestrial Life.

Once we start thinking about how much we don't know, rather than just what we think we know, ... Well, then we are able to solve problems better, because we see many, many more possible courses of action. See Coronavirus A War Against Humanity? for some more connections in the cobwebs of life that may be relevant, such as patterns of wild bird migrations. See also:


See also A Science Project for Young Witches for another extra-terrestrial connection with life on earth. For more on highly sensitive chemical reactions, see


and for some technical details, see:


Once we start talking seriously the interdependence of all life on earth, then we see clearly how we need to completely revise the way we do science, as well as the way we make decisions as to the best course of action to take in any situation we may face collectively. See Irreducible Scientific Phenomena and this eye-opener:


Here's Sabine Hossenfelder on why reductionism has explanatory power:


See Irreducible Scientific Phenomena for how Aristotle dealt with this apparent dichotomy. And in this excellent lecture, Hillary Putnam explains this 'Problem of Dr Pangloss' (see Candide and Simone de Beauvoir on Love, Jealousy and Marriage) quite beautifully at 17 minutes 53 seconds:


The key to understanding this problem is to recognise the necessity of the connection between our idea of causality and the actual practical steps we have to take if we are going to make a scientific observation. See On Emergence and Whole Systems.

See Interview With Hannah Fry on the Mathematics of Pandemics and We Need Universal Access to Secure Global Telecommunications to understand how urgently we need to deal with this issue of correctly prioritizing effective scientific research.

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