11 September, 2019 – Episode 738 – Palindromatic Science!

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Humans are interesting people

Just look around, if you happen to have them about…

On any given city street…

Anywhere in the world

You can observe the human species going about their daily routines

With heads full of thoughts…

So many thoughts!

Thinking about the tasks at hand

Thinking about getting to or from work

Thinking about the things they want to accomplish

Thinking about the next meal they would like to prepare

Thinking about the next leisure time activity

Thinking about the time or money it will take to do these things

Thinking about the song in their ear buds, or the news on tv

Thinking about problems, theirs, societies, problems of all sorts.

And while all of this thinking is going on most everywhere on the planet at once

There is another mode of thinking that is also taking place

Thinking that momentarily pushes human ego aside and looks for solutions

to increase our understanding of the world beyond the bony confines of our brains…

though often within it as well

Scientific thinking

The likes of which you may not see taking place on any given city street anywhere in the world

But you will find at the intersection of here and now on

This week in Science,

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