Category: Science

Is athletic ability dictated more by genetics than environment in the NBA?

June 4, 2018 Anthony Quilon 15 Comments

NBA superstar Lebron James of the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers clinched his eight straight NBA Finals appearance after the four-time MVP led the Cavaliers to an 87-79 victory over Boston in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals last week at TD Garden. He proved once again his mettle after he pretty much single-handedly willed his…

Science

Do people really know who Stephen Hawking was?

March 16, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

Do we really know who Stephen Hawking was? We know what he looks like and that he contributed much to science. But asking exactly what he contributed will likely leave people scratching their heads. The tributes may pour in and the text string that represents his name may “trend” on social media. There’s even this…

Science, Tech Talk

Knowing the Mind of God: Einstein’s unfinished symphony, Hawking’s partial unification (part 2)

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 Anthony Quilon 4 Comments

General Relativity + Quantum Mechanics = Troubled Marriage in Short Distances One of the biggest scientific challenges today is the unification of gravity and quantum mechanics. Einstein’s baby or prima donna, his general theory of relativity, described the laws of the cosmos and the birth of the universe, the orbits of the heavenly bodies and…

Science, Tech Talk

Knowing the Mind of God: Einstein’s unfinished symphony, Hawking’s partial unification (part 1)

October 15, 2017October 23, 2017 Anthony Quilon 10 Comments

I was an undergraduate astronomy major studying the physics of the “Schwarzschild Black Holes” when I decided to study the laws of the quantum field theory in a black hole’s curved spacetime to round up my education. I really like that it is trying to reconcile quantum theory with gravity which is one of the…

Science, Tech Talk

The fuzzy math of Rodrigo Duterte’s critics

July 31, 2017August 1, 2017 FallenAngel 14 Comments

Coming from a Mathematics intensive background, I always try to know as much as I can about, and contribute if possible, the local state of science education. Mathematics is a science too, you know. And mathematics and logic often go together. Back then in the lead up to the 2016 elections, I did call out…

Education, Government, Politics, Science

Why the CBCP is not a credible judge of who or what is “fake” or authentic

June 27, 2017October 30, 2021 benign0 13 Comments

It is quite rich that the venerable Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) would so pompously issue a list of Websites Carrying False or Unverified Contents [sic]. This is coming from a clique of renowned Filipino “thought leaders” who endorse medieval ideas like creationism and, as a matter of policy, apply only circular logic…

Media, Religion, Science

IATROGENICS: Why Rappler is Becoming a Victim of Its Own Medicine

October 20, 2016October 25, 2016 Marcus 26 Comments

Hashtags: #TakeBackMariaRessa #OmidyarNetwork I can only feel for Maria Ressa. Her motherly interest to defend her team from criticism resulted in more harm rather than good. Nassim Nicholas Taleb comes to mind. He coined the the term “naive interventionism”, from iatrogenics in the medical field. Iatrogenics is a case wherein a…

Media, Politics, Science

Filipino ‘journalists’ have no right to judge Rodrigo Duterte and misconstrue his statements

June 2, 2016 benign0 93 Comments

I think I need to diversify my Following and watch list on Twitter. All I see are a bunch of “journalists” shrieking about the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte regarding his views on “bad” journalists and the fate they supposedly deserve. Did Duterte really justify the killing of bad journalists? Who are we to judge?…

Media, Science

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