Tag: Science

  • A Flat World

    A Flat World

    This was originally written over 20 years ago. I have updated it, to expand on some of the ideas, add a few new and take out the references to the millennium bug which is what told me I wrote it 20 years ago. Have you ever wondered how we would cope if the world was…

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  • Forgetting Gravity

    Forgetting Gravity

    Forgetting about gravity is a very easy thing to do. Not a very sensible or healthy idea though. Stepping off the top of a building just because you forgot gravity was there will not stop you from falling. But if you could persuade gravity to forget about you, that is a completely different matter. You…

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  • The Speed of Darkness

    The Speed of Darkness

    It has been known for a long time how fast light travels. But what about the speed of darkness? Darkness moves in a different way to light, thus travels at a different speed. But is it faster or slower than light? Or does it depend on the circumstances. Let us take a simple example, the…

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  • Time Travel

    Time Travel

    Time travel is an easy and natural process. It is something we do every moment of our lives and for the remaining of our existence afterwards too. Time moves constantly forwards and we move along with it. To time we are always standing still, just in different positions.

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