14 I came to find that although Merle’s knowledge of science was light-years beyond that of present-day Earth, he was especially fond of Earth culture, especially music and art of just about any variety. Merle once explained to me that his planet’s history, like Earth’s history, included a man who discovered gravity. His planet’s history, […]
10 That was, without question, and by far, the single most astounding moment of my life up until that point. Everything seemed to stand still, crystallized in the moment. It felt like a giant window had opened, and I had the privilege of a stunning glimpse into a hidden world– a hidden universe– that had […]
7 By now, he was standing next to me, holding out a gloved hand to shake. He was wearing gloves that looked like they might have been riding gloves, although the group appeared to be on foot. Eventually, I found out that the gloves were specially designed to collect biological samples from my hands or […]
4 Although I occasionally worked breakfast or lunch in the main restaurant area, I usually worked late shift at the Enterprise Lounge, so I was on a late-night schedule that summer, no question. That was part of what was so weird about the first day of my Enlightening. It was a Wednesday morning. I woke […]
1 Prior to my Enlightening, I actually believed that scientists knew just about everything there is to know about the universe. It never even occurred to me that many great thinkers throughout history believed the same thing, quite mistakenly, in the context of their own times. From the brilliant scholars of the Enlightenment and Renaissance, […]
I have some important news which will hopefully be of interest to many. At zero cost to the reader, I am going to release the entirety of my book The Enlightening, in serialized form, on its website and Facebook page. More than anything, I just want to get my ideas out there for people to […]