"Around the beginning of the 2010’s, however, I noticed something changing for those of us trying to bring science and its results to the public."
Some history & thinking about how we got here and what to do about it. This week's Everyman's Universe.
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/is-it-time...
I had a lovely conversation with the great Alan Alda about life in the Universe. What a joy!
Find his Clear + Vivid podcast on your favorite podcast delivery system.
"That is what disclosure needs to deliver. Not stories... but physical evidence that independent laboratories and independent scientists all over the world can verify. Only then will it live up to its hype."
Today's Forbes Column.
www.forbes.com/sites/adamfr...
"Life is Different". Science needs a new vision of nature when it comes to living systems and philosopher Hans Jonas was the first to articulate the contours of that new perspective.
Also "K-Pop Demon Hunters" is great.
bigthink.com/13-8/nature-...
On Trump / Alien Files. I'm ALL for disclosure. If it leads to quality, verifiable data like every other scientific discovery required then...holy crap!
But, if it's more of what we've seen in congressional testimony so far, we'll still be arguing 'bout this 10 years from now.
"Only life knows Life". My @bigthink.com piece on Hans Jonas the most important philosopher you've never heard of.
Jonas saw why life is different and why reductionist models of it will fail.
A physics of life must go further.
bigthink.com/13-8/nature-...
Oh my god. He’s right! It’s all connected
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week and don't forget to tip your server.
What actually happened with the Obama / Alien kerfuffle and what it tells us about the search for cosmic life.
My @forbes.com post this week.
www.forbes.com/sites/adamfr...
“AI is more extractive than artificial: it’s dependent on cheap workers, cheap materials, and stolen information.”
Luke Kemp
look under the hood and you’ll see epic scale human exploitation to make these systems.
Science shows you how to change your mind. That's its superpower as a new paper on Gaia Theory recently showed me.
"Without shame and without rancor, science gives you a path to update your beliefs about the world."
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/science-sh...
Really interesting overlap between Art and Science here in the back and forth on Starry Night and Turbulence.
This weeks post on my Forbes column.
www.forbes.com/sites/adamfr...
"We love to talk about Nature and its harmony and balance. But the Universe does have this other aspect embodied in volcanoes, exploding stars, and of course the Big Bang itself."
This weeks Everyman's Universe post
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/the-univer...
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
@adamserwer.bsky.social
My @forbes.com piece on the approaching Winter Superstorm and what it should remind us about the Earth.
We don't need to save it, we need to be scared sh&tless of it.
www.forbes.com/sites/adamfr...
Speaking of the Institute for Arts and Ideas I am excited to be part of their HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN festival this May in Hay England.
I love that it's billed as THE WORLD'S LARGEST PHILOSOPHY & MUSIC FESTIVAL. Hell yeah!
howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/hay
Very excited to be part of this Feb 2 debate via Institute of Art and Ideas ( @iai.tv )with Micheal Levin
Science Beyond the Physical: Is materialism holding science back?
iai.tv/live/science...
With so many constellations of new communications (wireless) satellites launching over the next decades (hundreds of thousands) one wonders if we are about to make LEO unusable.
“Atomic-6 is positioning Space Armor as an alternative to those metallic shields, arguing that advances in composite materials can reduce mass while improving performance.”
Cool
"I want to begin a brief discussion about this question: Can you live a life with a deep spiritual practice that is also committed to the beauty and power of science? Based on my own experience the answer is a resounding yes."
Part 1: Which words?
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/how-to-liv...
Plumes of Water from an Icy Moon, Avengers Doomsday and Satellite Dogfights.
Oh and the greatest beat in the history of Hip-Hop because... why not?
This weeks News Round-up from Everyman's Universe.
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/plumes-of-...
Nice piece!
"OpenAI announced that users will soon be able to upload their medical data into its bot ChatGPT for more personal health recommendations"
What could possibly go wrong?
A wee discussion of panspermia. Are star systems swapping spit (and life)?
This week's Everyman's Universe post.
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/maybe-eart...
Whoa!
The Everyman's Universe newsletter went from 0 to 4000 subscribers this year. Thanks everyone. Here's what to expect in 2026
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/what-s-com...
My first post for @Forbes
Anti-predictions for 2026. Stuff people say will happen that ain't gonna happen: UFOs as Aliens; AGI; 3I/Atlas
forbes.com/sites/adamfr...
I’d say experience is the precondition for pattern recognition. Phenomenal presence is prior to sensorial specifics (I quess 😀… good question).
We only had about 1200 words to tackle this big beautiful idea.
If you want a deeper dive then read my @noemamag.com
piece.
noemamag.com/why-science-...
Or better yet, read our book "The Blind Spot. Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience"
lareviewofbooks.org/article/what...
Oh my god this nails it completely.
Continents and oceans: we both. But it didn’t have to be this way and on most planets it probably isn’t. That’s important because truly complex life may need dry land to get going.
Today's Everyman's Universe post.
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/freaky-ear...
