Author Archives: bryan

Last week I wrote a brief history of humanity, placing it on a scale that approximates a present-day life span of 70 years. On this scale, my personal Lifetime will likely account for somewhere between 5 and 8 hours. This … Continue reading →

If we place human divergence / origination some 7,000,000 years ago, and if we assume (by rounding) a human life span of 70 years, then the math becomes easy to follow when we look at human history on a life … Continue reading →

If I were to make a request of death, I would respectfully ask that it come too late. Of course death won’t be influenced; and if death hears, death laughs. So I must make too-late, now. There are those who … Continue reading →

I grew up hearing “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Though the results are similar, in practice, I believe that “If you can’t say anything truthful AND productive, don’t say anything at all” more accurately … Continue reading →

“Not the truth in whose possession any man is, or thinks he is, but the honest effort he has made to find out the truth, is what constitutes the worth of man.” –Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) To believe in the … Continue reading →