"Roswell Alleged Alien Photos Are Fake Says Neil deGrasse Tyson," proclaimed the "BizTek Mojo" website on May 8, three days after the anticlimactic unveiling of the so-called "Roswell Slides" in Mexico City. But Neil deGrasse Tyson didn't say that at all. What the distinguished astrophysicist … [Read more...]
The Daimon, the Witch, and the Moon-Journey – “The Dream” of Johannes Kepler (Part 4)
Johannes Kepler's story "The Dream," about a daimon-propelled journey to the moon and the strange and often horrifying beings one might find there, ends as dreams do. "And then I woke up." "When I had reached this point in my dream, a wind arose with the rattle of rain, disturbing my sleep and … [Read more...]
The Daimon, the Witch, and the Moon-Journey – “The Dream” of Johannes Kepler (Part 3)
William Anders: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! There's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty. Frank Borman: Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled. (joking) Anders: (laughs) You got a color film, Jim? Hand me that roll of color quick, would you... James Lovell: … [Read more...]
The Daimon, the Witch, and the Moon-Journey – “The Dream” of Johannes Kepler (Part 2)
The story so far, of pioneer astronomer Johannes Kepler's pioneering science-fiction story "The Dream": The young hero Duracotus has gone with his witch-like mother to a crossroads, the kind of place where witches perform their rites. There she's conjured up a "daimon." Not a demon, exactly. A … [Read more...]
The Daimon, the Witch, and the Moon-Journey – “The Dream” of Johannes Kepler (Part 1)
A not-so-trivial trivia question: who was the astronomer whose mother was tried as a witch? And who blamed his own unpublished science-fiction story--regarded by some as the first science-fiction ever written--for getting her in trouble? Welcome to the wonderful world of the 16th and 17th … [Read more...]
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