James Hilgendorf is a writer, speaker, poet, and filmmaker. His books cover a wide range of subjects – religion, politics, economics, science, social issues, the future of America. A highly-acclaimed filmmaker, his travel films and documentaries have been seen around the world. He is a long-time member of the SGI, or Soka Gakkai International, the […]
Carl Sagan, astronomer, astrophysicist, and co-author of the award-winning television series, “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage”, once wrote in another of his books, “Pale Blue Dot”, the following passage: “How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, ‘This is better than we thought! The universe is much bigger than our […]
The Multiverse is the term being thrown around these days by physicists and astrophysicists and philosophers and what have you – an answer to where the universe we live in has originated – a gigantic hub or spawner of universes like our own, infinite in number, which we cannot observe even with powerful telescopes because […]
How do we relate to the environment? The issue of climate change brings competing issues into clear focus. On the one hand, there are those who deny that humanity’s actions have any relation to the rapidly changing weather patterns we are witnessing worldwide. On the other hand, there are those who find an integral link […]
Faith, determination, action – all of these qualities are required to bring out our personal dreams. “The Universe Is Waiting” – a reading from “A New Myth for America”. _____________ James Hilgendorf is a speaker, filmmaker, and the author of ten non-fiction books, including “A New Myth for the World”. His other titles include “The […]
Atheism vs. Fundamentalism. Science vs. Religion. Evolution vs. Creationism. The battle lines are drawn, have been drawn for centuries, and will continue to be drawn. No quarter given. On one side is a world of science and reason and materialism; on the other a world of faith and God and the supernatural. Each is dug […]
Quantum entanglement is one of the hot research areas of modern physics. Basically, quantum systems and sub-atomic particles can become entangled. For instance, two photons can become linked. Changes in one of the photons are then reflected in the other simultaneously. This simultaneity appears to take place even when the photons are separated by enormous […]
Problems are the heartbeat of the universe. Each battle within opens the heart. There is no other way to uncover the treasures of the self. How can it be? Our universe is not what it seemed. We thought we were nothing, on this burned-out star. We are the universe coming into its own, birthing universes, […]
Quantum science has shown us a universe that is very different from what our senses normally make of the world. Electrons, quarks, bosons, strings – all painting a strange and elusive picture of the cosmos we inhabit, where the normal rules of behavior are distorted, and time and space themselves are bent into new configurations. […]