Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Hello PHYS 147!

    Welcome to Bucknell Blogs. This is the site where you will create, edit and revise your blog posts for the course. You’ll also provide constructive feedback to your colleagues by commenting on each others’ blogs. You can find the detailed assignment for your first blog here.

  • Making a new post

    So here is a new post that I made by clicking on “+New” at the top of the page and selecting “Post.” That is exactly what you should do to start working on your first blog post. While you’re editing, make sure you click the “Save Draft” button every now and then. This will save…

  • Final Draft: Real World Problems

    I’m sure we have all seen commercials and advertisements that show an evidently malnourished child for the cause of contributing to fighting world hunger. The child depicted is usually, if not always, from a third world country. Not only that, but the cases they show come across as extreme because it shows how frail their…

  • Plastic Utensil Usage

        Plastic forks, knives and spoons have become increasingly popular over the last century. With their easy access, cheap prices, and “easy” throwaway when finished with them, they seem like the best option. But they are not. Plastic utensils are ranked in the top 10 most common trash item in all of the United…

  • Final Draft: Lighting Choices to Save Energy

    Ever wonder why your electricity bill is so expensive? Each month, a major chunk of your energy bill comes from the energy used for lighting. An average household will dedicate about five to ten percent of their energy bill to lighting. Most houses do not realize that there are more efficient ways to light up…

  • Reducing Food Waste on bucknell’s Campus

    Where Food Insecurity and Food Waste Meet: Ways to Reduce Food Waste at bucknell university As we go through the day to day motions of going from class to class to study groups and back to residence halls, we rarely think critically about the current food system and the ways that it can improve. “On…

  • Food Waste in America and A Potential Experimental Community Where A Solution Might Be Found (Final Blog Draft)

    Food waste is one of the major issues facing present and future generations. Specifically, because of how the environment is being affected and experiencing major changes which make it difficult for scientists and farmers to understand the trends and still take advantage of the lands in which we grow our food, from now on. The…

  • Transporting Energy: The Keystone Pipeline

    As a nation and as a planet, we consume an incredible amount of energy. It is not hard to imagine the amount of energy we consume when you consider an American’s average lifestyle. Let’s presume the average American, like myself, is consuming energy at all hours of the day; we consume energy during our sleep…

  • Nord Stream 2 and Why Renewables Can Solve Political Problems

    For Germany, a major concern of national relevance is maintaining a reliable and consistent supply of energy sources. Over the last several years, circumstances in Germany have called into question just how secure and reliable some of their energy sources are and will be in the future. Greenhouse gasses are not only bad for the…

  • The Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

    The transportation of oil has allowed this nation to progress in almost every facet, especially economically. The main modes of oil transportation is by train, truck, barge, and pipelines. Every form of transportation has its positive and negative attributes. The most recent, and arguably most efficient, way to transport oil is by using pipelines. In…

  • The Plastic Water Bottle Epidemic

    Plastic water bottles. Most people use them because they are easy to find, accessible, and reasonably cheap in  most areas; it is one of the many staples of convenience in our everyday lifestyle. The United States alone consumed about 30 billion water bottles last year, which is roughly around 1,500 bottles per second. However, these increase…

  • Lighting at Bucknell – Final

    Electricity is something that almost all people in the world use every day.  Televisions, our devices, microwaves, heating, fans, the list is too long to write down.  But one type of electricity that has become so ingrained in our society that one may not even think of it, is lighting.  Lights are an essential aspect…

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