Author: Deepy

Deepy (Deepthinker Oh) is an educational psychologist with a long standing love of journalism and previous experience as the editor of MANIERA magazine. Deepthinker Oh's use of the SLBN logo does not constitute approval by or a representation or endorsement from Linden Lab.

Life: Whither thou?

Posted on October 15, 2020 by In Hypothesis
A Hypothesis! question about Life on other planets. I’ve been watching old Star Trek episodes and they feature all sorts of different sentient life forms, some similar to humans and others vastly different. Mr. Spock, one of the Star trek characters, may have said to the captain: “It’s life, Jim, but not as we know…

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No Trespassing

Posted on October 01, 2020 by In Hypothesis
In the 1940’s and 50’s children were getting polio at an epidemic rate. Finally, there were vaccines developed by Drs. Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. As a kid in the late 50’s, I was fairly unaware that there was a polio epidemic but I do remember getting the vaccine on a sugar cube. I have…

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Dances With Wind

Posted on September 15, 2020 by In Hypothesis
September is a mid-point for the Northern hemisphere season of tropical cyclones. Where I live they are called hurricanes and in other places, cyclones and typhoons. By every name and in every circumstance, these storms can be the very apex of wind, rain and surge. Overall however, weather is fascinating. We all love rainy days…

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What’s the Science?

Posted on September 01, 2020 by In Hypothesis
Science and medicine sometimes seem at odds. The health care practitioner seeks medicines and procedures that make people well and healthy. Science seeks to verify that medicines and procedures actually function as expected. The scientific process of doing multiple, well controlled studies takes a long time and often appears to hold back the availability of…

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