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Deep-Time Timeline

Check out this little web app I made for fun: deep-timeline.oberbrunner.com. It lets you visualize world events through deep time. It uses logarithmic scaling, so you can see how the present (a day, a week, a year) smoothly fades into the very deepest past. Part of my work with #LongNowBoston.

The Scientific Method is Evolution Writ Large | Morning Coffee Evolution and the scientific method are essentially both processes of variation and selection.

I wrote a blog post based on my talk this fall for #LongNowBoston at the Cambridge Science Festival. The idea is that evolution and the scientific method are two sides of the same coin. www.oberbrunner.com/blog/evoluti... #science #philosophy #evolution

Keep a balanced view of geoengineering Under the headline “Research is worth pursuing, but these are not easy fixes,” a letter about geoengineering from Jon Kiparsky of Belmont and Gary Oberbrunner of Arlington, members of Long Now Boston,...

Thanks to Bob Sprague of YourArlington for reposting our #LongNowBoston letter on #geoengineering, "Research is worth pursuing, but these are not easy fixes:" www.yourarlington.com/component/ea...

We can’t geoengineer our climate woes away - The Boston Globe "We can — and must — fight for solutions that are equitable, effective, and safe. Geoengineering is not that solution," writes one observer. Another: "We must study these technologies, but we must not...

Thanks to the Boston Globe for publishing our recent letter on #climatechange #geoengineering research. "Research is worth pursuing, but these are not easy fixes." #longnowboston www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/25/o...

I recently gave a talk at #LongNowBoston on how the scientific method is basically evolution in other clothes. Both rely on variation & selection; in science, variation comes from new ideas and human creativity, selection comes down to experiment: testability & refutation. https://buff.ly/3O938Ii

Danny Hillis giving an update on the 10,000 year clock at #longnowboston summer picnic. Great time and so many thought-provoking, inspiring conversations!