http://oscarhatch.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Donald Hawley en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:02:14 GMT 2009-12-29T18:02:14Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954748 Do you know what an autogiro is?  Have you ever seen one?  No fair looking it up in the dictionary.  I saw one at the New Jersey State Fair in 1936. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:59:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954748 Donald Hawley 2009-12-19T17:59:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977760263 What is it that you "can't take with you?"  Is it your jewelry?  If so what are you going to hang it on if you don't have a body any more?  Is it your fancy new and expensive car?  . . . Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:19:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977760263 Donald Hawley 2009-08-03T00:19:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977760242 OK.  Admit it.  Some of you play solitaire on your computer.  But have you noticed the conspiracy that the game is playing on us?  For instance, why is it that when I move a card, . . . Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:53:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977760242 Donald Hawley 2009-08-02T23:53:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977754120 This is a call to those who might be interested in discussing some of the somewhat abstruse concepts of Einstein in modern physics... "and beyond".  I admit that I am somewhat perplexed by some of . . . Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:58:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977754120 Donald Hawley 2009-07-28T21:58:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977678468 Granted that none of us knows what the "other world" will be like, but sometimes it's fun to speculate.  I suspect that there are no roads paved with gold because gold is meaningless . . . Sat, 09 May 2009 22:38:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977678468 Donald Hawley 2009-05-09T22:38:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977541192 Back in 1964 I had a good job paying very well.  It was with one of the leading Engineering and Construction companies in the world.  I think I was dragging in about $15,000 a year.  And . . . Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:20:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977541192 Donald Hawley 2008-12-20T22:20:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977521822 There was a post sometime ago about the "religious police" in Saudi Arabia and how they went around enforcing rules against dressing inappropriately, etc.  When we went into Afghanistan, . . . Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:04:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977521822 Donald Hawley 2008-11-30T18:04:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977474777 Why do I feel recently like I'm in a cage with a lot of screaming monkeys?   I huddle in a corner of the cage, "out of the way".  I cover my ears to protect them from all the . . . Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:24:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977474777 Donald Hawley 2008-10-11T21:24:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977448032 Every summer the hummingbirds come up from their winter home in Mexico and flock about my house in the mountains.  I set a feeder out, make a water-sugar mix and keep it stocked for them.  We . . . Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:48:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977448032 Donald Hawley 2008-09-13T17:48:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977408474 This 1949 film is a classic in every sense of the word.  It was directed by Orson Wells, who also plays a major part.  The plot takes place immediately after World War II and captures the nostalgic . . . Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:30:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977408474 Donald Hawley 2008-07-28T23:30:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977407536 As I indicated in a previous article or post, science has already begun to drift part way into the fuzzy field of abstract constructs and hence the usual field of "religion."  In this post . . . Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:34:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977407536 Donald Hawley 2008-07-27T17:34:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977402460 Contrary to what most people believe, much of science is still in the realm of theory, assumed to be proven but only in so far as the evidence "indicates" as of the date in question.  Yet . . . Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:25:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977402460 Donald Hawley 2008-07-20T18:25:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977396233 Thousands of years ago Sacrates devoted some time to calculating the number of grains of sand that it would take to fill the universe.  Which in his time was a good exercise in estimating the size . . . Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:14:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977396233 Donald Hawley 2008-07-12T17:14:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977394798 Some forty-three years ago I attended a series of most fascinating symposiums on Science, Religion, and Philosophy sponsored by the United States Air Force. It was held at their Weapons Laboratory on . . . Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:20:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977394798 Donald Hawley 2008-07-10T20:20:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977391141 Cerebral dominance is a fact of life that not too many people know about or understand, part of which is due to the effects of cerebral dominance on how people think and think differently, one from the . . . Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:29:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977391141 Donald Hawley 2008-07-06T17:29:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977390738 Four hundred years ago The Catholic Church was wrong and Galileo was right regarding the issue as to whether the Earth was the center of the universe and the solar system in particular; right? Or . . . Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:05:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977390738 Donald Hawley 2008-07-06T01:05:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977390403 I have always considered myself to be not only skeptical but sometimes skeptical to the point of being "frozen" in my views.  In fact, I even was a subscriber to THE SKEPTICAL INQUIRER until . . . Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:48:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977390403 Donald Hawley 2008-07-05T15:48:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389018 Well, as long as we're on the subject of "religion bashing" and "science worshipping," let's look into this very controversial subject that has been the subject of the "clash" . . . Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:49:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389018 Donald Hawley 2008-07-03T19:49:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387334 Here is another one of this mass of evidence I spoke about in my article DOES SCIENCE HAVE BLINDERS ON? Many years ago LIFE magazine did a whole issue devoted to a recently -- at the time -- discovered . . . Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:32:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387334 Donald Hawley 2008-07-02T01:32:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387234 In a comment by WM H. to my last article he mentioned Da Vinci related to Jules Verne and his prophetic science fiction.  Perhaps he didn't intend to mean it as a "put down" to the . . . Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:40:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387234 Donald Hawley 2008-07-01T22:40:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977386557 As a second part of my just published article, DOES SCIENCE HAVE BLINDERS ON,  I would like to pose some questions with regards to a few of these strange "coincidences."  First look . . . Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:20:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977386557 Donald Hawley 2008-07-01T05:20:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977386135 This film was made in 1951.  It won the Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize. It is a film production of the Jacques Offenbach's phantasmal opera of the same name.  It is a color film . . . Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:06:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977386135 Donald Hawley 2008-06-30T19:06:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977386097 I consider myself a very contemporary thinker and well versed in the scientific method.  In fact, I believe that I am ahead of most even well educated moderns in this respect.  However, . . . Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:58:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977386097 Donald Hawley 2008-06-30T17:58:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977384955 The Webster definition of "coincidence" is, "An accidental and remarkable occurrence of events, ideas, etc. at the same time,  suggesting but lacking a causal relationship." . . . Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:52:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977384955 Donald Hawley 2008-06-28T23:52:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977380088 In this country we have heard a lot about the separation of church and state.  But what about the separation of religion and state?  Is such a thing even desirable? We Americans pride ourselves . . . Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:04:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977380088 Donald Hawley 2008-06-23T02:04:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379701 If you pay attention to what people say about God, you have to conclude that God is very stupid and inept or both.  Of course, this is based on just what people think about God.  Since God made . . . Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:00:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379701 Donald Hawley 2008-06-22T16:00:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379450 No, I'm not talking about the boxer.  I'm referring to the nephew and son-in-law of Muhammad.  I don't think many people outside of Islam know about this great, truly great human . . . Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:38:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379450 Donald Hawley 2008-06-22T02:38:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977376666 Millions of people pray every day in supplication to a "higher power."   But does it do anything other than assuage their sense of hopelessness and give them a sense of hope?  . . . Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:10:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977376666 Donald Hawley 2008-06-18T19:10:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977375977 There are people who believe in God and people who don't believe in God.  But it's not as simple as that.  It seems that there are also people who believe in God but not in "God."  . . . Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:11:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977375977 Donald Hawley 2008-06-18T00:11:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977375627 Most scientists and objective thinkers now agree that there are billions of planets throughout the universe and that some of them, at least, must be similar and identical to ours.  Most also believe . . . Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:29:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977375627 Donald Hawley 2008-06-17T16:29:55Z