Ryan Widner
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From dust to dust -- but, first: to make my story known. I'm an ape with a voice, creating the chapters as I go.
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the dragon and the prince
Once upon a time a dragon swallowed a handsome prince. Down the prince fell, into the warm confines of the belly of the beast. There was room in the belly, enough space for the prince to make a home. So he did, for a while. There was no need to fear others anymore, because the fire spewed from the dragon’s mouth kept everyone else at bay. The prince could rest, with only the darkness of his thoughts to keep him company.
By Ryan Widner3 years ago in Fiction
From quantum foam to the cosmos, everything is connected -- and humans are giants on Earth.
My courses in physical and quantum chemistry during my undergraduate career contained topics that were both annoying (“this is nonsense”) and unnerving (“but the evidence is right there…”). Afterwards, teaching wave-particle duality and the double-slit experiment to my AP Chemistry students was eye-opening, because I couldn’t deny it any longer:
By Ryan Widner3 years ago in Earth
Remembering our connections to all life -- past, present, and future -- may save us from self-destruction.
I spend a lot of my reading and writing time at a homey coffee shop in Austin, Texas. The tea is good. The vibe is warm. The community is vibrant. And there are dinosaurs. Lots of them.
By Ryan Widner3 years ago in Earth
Healing and community have potential to lift us from the suffering in the stories of our lives.
My research and explorations have been steeped in: Buddhist and indigenous philosophies; quantum mechanics and cosmology; evolutionary theory and synthetic biology; the deep mathematical underpinnings of our universe; experimentation with psilocybin; resignation to the realities of us truly not understanding what ‘consciousness’ is and how much of it is effectively under our control; the absurdly accelerating rates at which humans, technology, and the climate, are evolving; the painful disconnect between Western humans and Nature; the implications of our finding life (likely microorganisms) in the cosmos; the current trajectory of mankind to drive itself towards extinction; and the surreal notion of not knowing what ‘I’ really am, among other topics.
By Ryan Widner3 years ago in Humans
