Olympic Hot Springs-Boulder Creek Recreation Area, Olympic Nat’l Park

Olympic Hot Springs-Boulder Creek Recreation Area is a rustic walk-in destination on the grounds of the long-gone former Olympic Hot Springs Resort.  The old automobile-campground is still here, with the old driveways running between campsites.  It’s a 2.4 mile hike in, but it’s all on the section of Olympic Hot Springs Abandoned Road.  The natural hot springs are still there, and primitive pools are maintained. Continue reading “Olympic Hot Springs-Boulder Creek Recreation Area, Olympic Nat’l Park”

Occult Movement, 19th C.

Occult Movement phenomena of the 19th century might be passed off as so much psycho-socio-cultural snake-oil and patent-medicine, or worse as simply a weakness to which our ancestors in their more-limited state of develop would have been prone, but to which modern-day people have of course evolved & grown beyond. Continue reading “Occult Movement, 19th C.”

Aether as perspective on science

Aether turned out not to exist, and the scientific challenges that prompted its developement were addressed, nominally solved & pragmatically retired, by other means.  The ‘dual nature’ of light (particle-wave), and all electromagnetic radiation is the accepted answer.  The problem is, we can no more directly demonstrate the existence of these light ‘particles’, than we could the proposed aether. Continue reading “Aether as perspective on science”

Dark Matter repeating an old failed-strategy?

Dark Matter is not being proposed because any new evidence has been found for a new phenomenon.  Instead, it is proposed because an existing package of theory, a formula for how things work, appears to be broken.  ‘Uh, oh … Dark Matter, maybe’! Continue reading “Dark Matter repeating an old failed-strategy?“

Parsimony in science & technology

Parsimony in science & scholastics – aka Occam’s Razor – advises us not make a problem any tougher than it has to be.  It’s an essential principle in technology, for troubleshooting & maintainance of our Stuff.  It says the most likely answer or solution, is the most obvious or direct one.  If you flip the switch and the light doesn’t come on, most likely the bulb is burned out, not that you should rewire the house. Continue reading “Parsimony in science & technology”