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James Lyons Walsh

James Lyons Walsh

A Note on Humanity’s Age-old Struggle to Keep Its Population Near Equilibrium Value

To me, a central function of religion is to smooth out boom-and-bust population cycles. Human sacrifice in ancient times is an obvious…

Mar 26

A Note on Humanity’s Age-old Struggle to Keep Its Population Near Equilibrium Value

Mar 26

James Lyons Walsh

Saint Rose, Complex Systems, and Kelsey Grammar

As a person trained in complex systems science who has been trying to communicate insights from the field that might alert more people to…

Dec 31, 2023

Saint Rose, Complex Systems, and Kelsey Grammar

Dec 31, 2023

James Lyons Walsh

Trouble Drawing Obvious Conclusions in Gaza, as in Quantum Mechanics

To gain political and economic advantage, we adopt simplistic beliefs that obscure reality. Consequently, we can’t think straight about war…

Dec 12, 2023

Trouble Drawing Obvious Conclusions in Gaza, as in Quantum Mechanics

Dec 12, 2023

James Lyons Walsh

The Wedding Banquet and the Talents

To me, the meaning of the Parable of the Talents or Bags of Gold is clear, but I’ve never heard anyone explain it the way I understand it…

Nov 19, 2023

The Wedding Banquet and the Talents

Nov 19, 2023

James Lyons Walsh

Numbers and Ted Koppel’s Pretty Head

Yesterday, the Albany (NY, USA) Times Union published my essay “Math anxiety is killing us.” This has me thinking about the harms done by…

Sep 25, 2023

Numbers and Ted Koppel’s Pretty Head

Sep 25, 2023

James Lyons Walsh

A Change in Attitude Could Save Us

As I write this, it’s Independence Day in the United States. Eight years remain to follow the advice of the IPCC by cutting greenhouse gas…

Jul 10, 2022

A Change in Attitude Could Save Us

Jul 10, 2022

James Lyons Walsh

Fact Counseling and Opposite Adages

Sometimes facts are worth more than advice, and no one should give the same advice every time to everyone.

Jul 8, 2022

Fact Counseling and Opposite Adages

Jul 8, 2022

James Lyons Walsh

Have Some Fun with a Physicist, Part 2

The second question you might ask a physicist at a party is, “Since physicists say that a photon never experiences the passage of time, why…

Jun 30, 2022

Have Some Fun with a Physicist, Part 2

Jun 30, 2022

James Lyons Walsh

Have Some Fun with a Physicist, Part I

To me, quantum mechanics is much simpler to understand than it’s reputed to be. Here is the first of three points that I think are…

Jun 20, 2022

Have Some Fun with a Physicist, Part I

Jun 20, 2022

James Lyons Walsh

To Understand the Ending of The Sopranos, Watch Monster

I love sensing a dialogue between artists carried out through their works. Whether this dialogue existed explicitly in the minds of the…

Jun 5, 2022

To Understand the Ending of The Sopranos, Watch Monster

Jun 5, 2022

James Lyons Walsh

James Lyons Walsh

I am a high school dropout with a PhD in physics, a CAS in education, and training in complexity science. I write to encourage respect for all life.

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