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Essays

Science/Tech

  • Alternative Therapies & Imagination Proponents claim alternative therapies such as shiatsu, acupuncture, healing touch, reiki, etc. are scientific in a way that we just don't understand yet. But does this hold up when compared to the physiological effects of a horror movie?
  • Science vs. Pseudoscience: Essential Differences There are essential differences between science and pseudoscience, which are the reason our world has experienced such a deluge of pseudoscience recently-- and will probably continue to.
  • FrontierNet Internet Review My review of FrontierNet high speed Internet service: frustrating, with a side of works okay, if you fight with it and buy your own modem.
  • Evolution Evolution and Natural Selection: NOT equivalent to filling a bucket with parts and stirring.
  • More Science & Technology...

Social/Political

  • Twenty Twenty-Four My concept of updating George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four for our modern world.
  • Internet Overload David Shenk and others have discussed 'information overload' in their books, and here I assemble my thoughts and experience on the issue.
  • Anderson Avenue Taking your clothes off in two different venues: a comparison of societal attitudes.
  • Marketing Perette A comparison of writing styles describing Perette as a study in marketing speak.
  • More Social & Political...

Fun

Activities

  • February 8

    19:00-21:00 Play Reading

    Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia"
    
    Walter's
  • February 9

    19:00-21:00 Bertrand Russell Set

    Phil Ebersole on Bertrand Russell in World War One
    
    Writers and Books, 740 University Avenue, Rochester NY
  • February 10

    20:00-22:00 Paul Goodman Changed My Life

    featuring director Jonathan Lee
    
    Dryden Theatre
  • February 12

    14:00-16:00 Paul Goodman Changed My Life

    Dryden Theatre, 900 East Avenue, Rochester NY
  • February 15

    19:00-21:00 Play Reading

    Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia"
    
    Walter's
  • April 16

    (whole day) Shakespeare

    Timon of Athens starts
    
    MUCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave, Rochester