The French philosopher René Descartes is held in high esteem for a number of reasons. One reason is that he made a number of important
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The True Cause of Soil Erosion
There is a widespread belief that it is plant roots that prevent soil erosion by keeping the soil in place. When these are removed, as
The Difference between Success and Longevity: The True Malthusian Catastrophe
At the present time, there is, among much of the world’s human population, a dangerous tendency to confound human success with longevity. What I mean
A Common Misconception about the Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics is stated in various ways, but its basic idea is that the total entropy or disorder in a closed system
