Some people feel that science rules and therefore religion is bunk. But science is only about the physical realm; by definition it does not address the metaphysical, the spiritual realm. There is a weak analogy with cyberspace. The online world is not embodied in the computers, servers, and physical networks which make up the Internet. It requires these, of course, but there is an intangible component, the human interaction and flow of information which really constitute cyberspace. We may measure total numbers of bytes or gigabytes, but the Internet is more than that. So with metaphysics: we can see ways in which the physical world may be impacted but to say we cannot study it by physical science does not prove it doesn’t exist. -Cutlass 43k-

Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets a number of often poorly stated economic and practical objectives. -Richard W. Hamming-

When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain…. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance. Not only this, but through television and telephony we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face, despite intervening distances of thousands of miles; and the instruments through which we shall be able to do his will be amazingly simple compared with our present telephone. A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket. -Nikola Tesla (January, 1926)-

It only hurts when I laugh, ha ha. (ooh!)

In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it “Christmas” and went to church; the Jews called it “Hanukkah” and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy Hanukkah!” or (to the atheists) “Look out for the wall!” -Dave Barry-

Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes. -Richard W. Hamming-

Put glibly: In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it. Of course, you seldom, if ever, see either pure state. -Richard W. Hamming-

There was a flea and a fly in a flue. Said the flea, “let us fly”; said the fly, “let us flee”; so they flew through a flaw in the flue.

If trains stop at train stations, what happens at workstations?