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Is Intelligent Life Inevitable?
One of the things that gets a lot of coverage in the news these days is the search for exo-planets circling around other stars in our galaxy and in the universe at large. Recent advances in technology have allowed astronomers to perform ever more sophisticated surveys and analyses on behalf of that search. And indeed, recent results suggest that a sizable number of stars appear to have planets rotating around them. Beyond that, our search is preoccupied with how many of those
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Peter Hempel
Mar 4, 20215 min read
Favorite quotes about life, death and evolution
“Life is. It goes. And it does not count. That was the hurtling truth that comes to rattle everyone as they grow up, grow old.” Jim...
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Peter Hempel
Aug 28, 20197 min read
Rest in peace, Grasshopper
June 9, 2009 · Rest in peace, Grasshopper “We have all been in rooms/We cannot die in” “Adultery,” James Dickey In Tarantino’s Kill Bill...
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Peter Hempel
Mar 1, 20191 min read
Philosophy lives
June 25, 2009 · So apparently philosophy is not dead. In a bid to enrich the passenger experience on the London tube, they have decided...
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Peter Hempel
Mar 1, 20191 min read
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