The Neurodivergent Professor

For the past twenty-some Episodes, I have been trying to figure out how to formulate my current question of interest.

Generally, I am trying to make the case that Nature provides a wealth of informati…

While this is not a definitive treatise on Systems Thinking, I wanted to talk a bit about this topic as it is relevant to many of my posts.

People tell me that out-of-the-box thinking is atypical. Mos…

I'm revisiting some of my favorite concepts in this episode. Awareness. Intent. Attention. Consciousness. Will. And how these things work together and facilitate growth. Being human. 

Underneath all o…

I say it all the time. The three most powerful words in the English language are, "I Don't Know'. 

When I worked at a pet store, the boss publicly humiliated me for not being able to say, "I Don't Kno…

This is really the third in a series about the evolutionary significance of sex. I recorded this Episode first, then forgot about it and recorded the previous two episodes (117 and 118). Funny that t…

In part 1 of this series, I introduced the difference between asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction. 

Asexual reproduction is basically mitosis or simple cell division. This leaves little room …

Sex.

We're obsessed with it. And for good reason. Sexual reproduction is the mechanism that perpetuates life. We can't live forever, but we can become essentially immortal by passing on our genes to t…

What's the point? Of any of it?

For me, it is the unrest that comes from acknowledging what is wrong in the world.

Poverty. War. Violent crime. Social justice issues. Inequality. Racism.

Choose your wea…

My most pedantic episode ever. While I am a pretty touchy-feely hippie kind of guy, I shy away from the overly emotional and more 'woo-woo' concepts. I don't believe in the 'secret' (though I do thin…

I continue to be inspired by the interviews on The Great Simplification Podcast, by the host Nate Havens, and by his guests. It is rewarding to find support for ideas I thought were my own. So many t…

Are you a technologist? Do you think tech is going to solve all of our human problems? Do you see science, health advances, nuclear tech or some other human invention as being our salvation?

Maybe you…

I recently came upon a podcast by a fella named Nate Hagens. The podcast, and Nate's piece de resistance is called The Great Simplification and his ideas center around the future of humans on Earth. …

I have been thinking a lot about the popular images of aggressive male competitors. Silverback gorillas. Wrestlemania or UFC fighters. These popular ideas feature 'Alpha males' bullying and pushing a…

Like Competition, the concept of Enough is something I think about a lot. How much is enough?

I think about it often in the context of an annual income. How much money does it take to
be happy? Or sat…

I really dislike Competition. And it is a touchy subject. In an article I published on Medium, I received several hateful comments defending the importance of competition in business and sports. In K…

It's a good question. Why? Maybe we should always be asking why. When we don't know why we're doing something, what's the point? Whether it's for money. Or for power. Or to get something. Or maybe it…

Who Am I?

Why Are We Here?

What is My Purpose?

Are We Living 'Right'? 

Questions like this - the 'big questions' have been around since antiquity. It's fun to think about when our brains reached a point …

Before embarking on an investigation any researcher worth their salt will state their assumptions. This lays the groundwork for what is to come and allows the reader to contextualize the investigatio…

The KEW Acid Tests ask how Nature can inform the big questions humans ask. "Why are we here?", "Who am I?", and "What is our purpose" have puzzled humans for years - perhaps millennia. In the past 4,…

One of the greatest mistakes made in science, by amateurs and professionals alike, is not knowing what the question is.
What is the question!!!????
Say you are studying the effectiveness of a vaccine a…