My dodgy old knees…!

My dodgy old knees…!

I can’t do that, I can’t bend down, I can’t kneel down, my knees are not flexible.If I crouch down, I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to get back up!?Is that you!?I hear it from so many clients, they have such a struggle with their knees...
The Nature of the Universe

The Nature of the Universe

Collect 100 different coloured ribbons of varying width and length.Find 200 different coloured lengths and sizes of string, yarn and thread.Put them all into a tumble dryer and rotate for a few days.The resulting would be the best description of reality that I can...
Blind Faith and Modern Life

Blind Faith and Modern Life

It’s going to take utter faith and determination to get through this!(It doesn’t matter what this “This” actually is!) How do we “get through” anything? It often seems that if we can just get through the next few days/weeks/year, that things will be better.It’s about...
The Optimists Club

The Optimists Club

There must have been a day, somewhere in the fourteenth century, when the King of England was actually in touch with everything that concerned his country.There must be a date somewhere in history, when it actually became too complex for a leader to keep all the...
Are there really any laws of physics?

Are there really any laws of physics?

I decided to republish this excellent essay from New Scientist’s monthly email “Lost in Space-Time.You can subscribe to the email here Laws, what laws?   I was recently reading an old article by string theorist Robbert Dijkgraaf in Quanta Magazine...