Quantumleap42

A blog by an astrophysicist mostly about things that have nothing to do with astrophysics.

Thursday, December 24, 2020

A Different Nativity Story

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I wanted to tell a slightly different nativity story. The Bible itself has very little written about the birth of Jesus. It doesn't even...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Misusing a Scripture about Worshiping Idols

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It finally happened. Someone tried to use a scripture about Asherah poles to justify their particular belief. Five years ago I wrote about a...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Did Doctors in the 1800's really not wash their hands?

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Spoiler: They washed their hands. Earlier this year Google made a doodle for their main search page about Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis who practice...
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Sunday, November 29, 2020

The καιρός of the Second Coming, Not the Χρόνος of the Second Coming

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I have been seeing a large number of posts and comments about the time of the second coming and whether it will happen in a few years or not...
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Sunday, July 5, 2020

Evidence in Science Requires Context

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Suppose someone approached you and said, "There is a volcano close by." And when you ask them how they know that, they show you a ...
Sunday, June 7, 2020

We Missed Our Window of Opportunity with COVID-19

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There is no way to sugar coat this. The US blew their opportunity to have a successful lock down. The failure point came in early to mid May...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Letter to My Congressman

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Dear Representative Allen, I was shocked at the news yesterday that U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops cleared Lafayette Park of p...
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Quantumleap42
I earned my PhD in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My particular field of research is astrophysics and I like to study medium sized objects like galaxies, as opposed to stars (small), galaxy clusters (large) and the universe (very large).
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