Smart Telescopes: The Final Frontier

November 19, 2025

I read about these "Smart Telescopes" with interest in my June issue of Astronomy Magazine. That's got to be expensive, I thought. Surprisingly, not!

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Judgment vs. Observation

I want to talk about judgment vs. observation for a moment here. Many of us, myself included, have spent a lot of time judging others. Let's face it - it's fun. It's satisfying. It's also kind of mean, but we knew that. What about learning from something we're judging - it then becomes an observation. What's the difference? Here's how to sort it out, as the British say.

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Consider...

Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held resposible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they, themselves are doing today?

-Thomas Sowell

Did you know...

George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

The Bible is the most shoplifted book.

Jimi Hendrix failed his high school music class.

Light doesn't always travel at the speed of light.  The speed of light is only constant in a vacuum.  When it passes through matter, it can slow down.  Photons (light particles) pass through wtaer at 3/4 the regular speed of light.  Light was once slowed down to 38mph!