Category: Science

Math and Psychology – Calculating Disaster Probabilties

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March 18th, 2011 Permalink

Normally, math and psychology are separate fields, but they come together in calculating the odds of a nuclear disaster. You can hire engineers to calculate the probably of a nuclear meltdown. The calculation itself is a math question, but getting them to do a good job is a psychological question. What if their boss is […]

Normally, math and psychology are separate fields, but they come together in calculating the odds of a nuclear disaster. You can hire engineers to calculate the probably of a nuclear meltdown. The calculation itself is a math question, but getting them to do a good job is a psychological question. What if their boss is evil? What if there is disagreement and the corporation suppresses the bad reports? The drug industry also has a problem with companies suppressing reports.

Jurassic Park Nuclear Power Plants

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March 18th, 2011 Permalink

One of the complaints about the original Jurassic Park movie was “Who would design a zoo where if the power failed, the animals would escape?” I have the same question about nuclear power plants. Who would design nuclear power plant such that if the power failed, the plant would blow up?

One of the complaints about the original Jurassic Park movie was “Who would design a zoo where if the power failed, the animals would escape?” I have the same question about nuclear power plants. Who would design nuclear power plant such that if the power failed, the plant would blow up?

Dragon Sized Hole

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March 31st, 2010 Permalink

Is there a dragon sized hole in every man? In the past, I have heard the question “Is there a God sized hole in every man?” The question implies that people have an innate natural desire to believe in God. There is also an interest in dragons. There are both European and Chinese legends about […]

Is there a dragon sized hole in every man? In the past, I have heard the question “Is there a God sized hole in every man?” The question implies that people have an innate natural desire to believe in God. There is also an interest in dragons. There are both European and Chinese legends about dragons. There were dragon like creatures in Avatar. The top movie now is “How to Train Your Dragon.”

Is there an innate human desire to dream about dragons and want to believe that they exist?

I believe that some images are stored in our DNA. In particular, what most people are sexually attracted to is an image stored in DNA (in my opinion). That would be a case where one image is turned on and the other turned off. What you are attracted to changes over time based on what you are successful with. Attractive animals like tigers and wolves are most likely inherited images as well.

Dragon images are most likely not in our DNA, but they could be. Some of our ancestors were 3 feet tall (1 meter) and to them some birds would be quite large. A dragon could be the merging of two beasts — eagle and crocodile. In the very distant past, our ancestors had to contend with pterodactyls. I don’t believe that images can persist that long in DNA, but it’s possible.