Posts by The prodigal species
A pictorial theory for a new social movement
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 In March 1992, my coauthor (Brian Willis) and I submitted a manuscript to Science proposing an expansive legal basis whereby public hospitals might sue the tobacco and alcohol industries for uncompensated healthcare costs using epidemiological evidence of corresponding commercial epidemics. I also sent copies of the manuscript to antitobacco activists, including…
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I am an epidemiologist, engineer, and physician who helped develop the legal strategy for suing tobacco companies for uncompensated healthcare costs, which played an early role in the attorneys general Medicaid lawsuits that ultimately led to the Master Tobacco Settlement. I was enthusiastic about using that strategy as a general approach to corporate accountability until…
Read MoreThe U.S. needs to discuss the nature of malevolence
American voters need to consider the nature of malevolence in Trump’s case Raymond E. Gangarosa, MD, MPH, MSEE October 28, 2020 Evangelicals have been Donald Trump’s staunchest allies but should abandon him on the basis of character. One Christian super PAC, Not Our Faith dot com, is withdrawing evangelical support for Trump and staunchly opposing…
Read More7 contributions I offer to the anti-Trump movement
2020|9|27 ff. → 2020|10|2 Posted at theprodigalspecies.com on 2020|10|2 I worked nearly 24 hours straight to finish cranking this document out. I felt like I was getting enormous help from the Holy Spirit. For example, Microsoft Word would underline words that were central to required changes, in ways that were completely distinct from grammatical hints it typically…
Read MoreEmail about Charlie Chaplin’s “Great Dictator” soliloquy
2020|6|21 email exchange with Friend#6, copied to other friends Subject: [Best Version] The Great Dictator Speech – Charlie Chaplin + Time – Hans Zimmer (INCEPTION Theme) There is so much hate being spread in the country right now. We know Chapin contemporary of Einstein , famous actor with out a voice in early film. What if this…
Read MoreOverview appendix: the principles of life and civilization
2020|8|26 continued — my attachment: “The science of theology, blog #1 2020|8|26.docx” history: consolidated: 2020|8|26 “overview appendix” revised: 2020|10|1 The science of theology: blog #1 Scientific and theological repudiation of antidemocratic fundamentalism: Identification of a path toward humanity’s co-creative partnership with God Raymond E. Gangarosa, MD, MPH, MSEE August 26, 2020 Christian believers have long…
Read MoreThe mathematics of life
An essay on the mathematics of life Raymond E. Gangarosa, MD, MPH, MSEE June 5, 2020 Abstract This draft of a blog introduces what I believe to be a new perspective of the mathematics of life, based on first principles of how the dynamics of chemical reactions unfold over all timescales and organizational levels. Two…
Read MoreEmail about the mathematics of life
email to Friend#17 Hi Thanks for the suggestion about Google Scholar. After 45 years, I finally found Ed Kamen’s published discussion of his theory that was the focus of my simulation studies! Henceforth I’ll have to start my literature searches there. I’m in no hurry for our discussion, so take whatever time you need to…
Read MoreEmail presentation about the mathematics of life and civilization
From: Ray Gangarosa Subject: A conceptual introduction to the mathematics of life 2020|7|16 ff. my second email response to Friend#6’s email of 2020|7|?? — also the long-awaited introduction to the mathematics of life! From: Ray Gangarosa Subject: a verbal description of the mathematics of life, as they are unfolding in our era Hi everyone As a…
Read MoreThe physics of life and civilization
Raymond E. Gangarosa MD, MPH, MSEE Life serves as a platform for development of “higher-level thought” by permanently regaining historically lost coherency. Civilization creates technological “ratchets” for doing so through human creativity: “hardware” recovers lost coherency to make that “higher-level thought” possible, and “software” injects new coherency to facilitate that “higher-level thought”. The multilevel structure…
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