New York Press Association

Black History Month in the year 2023:

The fathers of contemporary scientific practice (empirical science), men like Rene’ Descartes who stated the Latin phrase” cogito ergo sum” which means” I think therefore I am.” Recovered the world (i.e., defined being as thought) postulating that the only proof of being is thought. As an educator, it never ceased to amaze me how little many African Americans knew about science. We wear wrist watches, use televisions, remote controls, cell phones, drive automobiles and fly airplanes but many of us cannot explain the science involved in the invention and usages of these things let alone conceptualize scientifically the association of the micro and macro worlds. Contemporary science does not adequately put forth the oneness of all things scientifically. We have a problem associating sand with crystal glass and glass to gas and gas to liquids etc. We have a problem scientifically quantifying perceivable reality because of the way science and math are presented to us. The present-day western world teaching pedagogy is by design deliberately taught by degrees. It is for this reason we as African Americans must make a special effort to truly educate ourselves in mathematics, science, logic, and philosophy.

The mathematical concepts that you have discussed, geometry, algebra calculus present mental exercises for the brain in accordance with a particular logos and these pragmatic exercises for the brain were invented and are utilized by different nations. You are correct in your analysis of mathematical contributions globally. Confusion also comes with not knowing how to follow the mathematical order set down symbolically in the problems and or formulas presented. I am of the opinion that children should be taught mathematics at an early age and each step of the advancement towards higher ordered mathematical thinking explained along the way. The truths of mathematics can be taught to all races of mankind given the thinker commits himself to the logical truths of math that can be taught as expressed logical symbolism. Dr. Albert Einstein formulated his theories of relativity and special relativity years ago much of which is now considered law but the full truths of his mathematics have yet to be fully realized, and it is still unknown if our mathematical concepts fully dovetail with reality. Survival dictates that we learn how to develop higher ordered thought processes and mastering mathematics is one way to do it.

Among the different types of microscopes, the Electron Microscope (EM) is a powerful microscope available and used today, allowing researchers to view a specimen at nanometer size. The transmission electron microscope (TEM), the first type of EM, is capable of producing images 1 nanometer in size.1 Nanotechnology (or "nanotech") is manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal of precisely manipulating atoms and molecules for fabrication of macroscale products, also now referred to as molecular nanotechnology. A more generalized description of nanotechnology was subsequently established by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, which defined nanotechnology as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers. This definition reflects the fact that quantum mechanical effects are important at this quantum-realm scale, and so the definition shifted from a particular technological goal to a research category inclusive of all types of research and technologies that deal with the special properties of matter which occur below the given size threshold. It is therefore common to see the plural form "nanotechnologies" as well as "nanoscale technologies" to refer to the broad range of research and applications whose common trait is size.

“Galaxy Brain”
“The majority of physicists live under the assumption of a strict and immutable set of laws that govern the universe — but not all.
"What we often call laws of physics are really just consistent mathematical theories that seem to match some parts of nature," theoretical physicist Sankar Das Sarma writes in the beginning of a must-read new column in New Scientist column. These laws of physics are meant to describe our shared reality, even if they "evolve as our empirical knowledge of the universe improves."
"Here’s the thing," Sarma continues. "Despite many scientists viewing their role as uncovering these ultimate laws, I just don’t believe they exist."
Prior to Albert Einstein's groundbreaking — and ultimately unfinished — attempts to create a theory of everything ( i.e. unified field theory ), and all the leaps in fields like quantum mechanics that followed, the physicist argues, such an assertion wouldn't have seemed outlandish.
Indeed, Sarma says he finds it "amazing" that human "can make sense of some aspects of the universe through the laws of physics" at all.
"As we discover more about nature, we can hone our descriptions of it, but it is never-ending," he writes. "Like peeling an infinite onion, the more we peel, the more there is to peel."
“Multiverse Madness”
“Pointing to the concept of the multiverse, or an infinite number of universes, Sarma ponders how humans could have such hubris as to imagine that the apparent rules that seem to govern our reality would apply in every universe.
Raising a theoretical argument, Sarma adds that even in the face of a theory as substantial as quantum mechanics, which he describes as being "more like a set of rules that we use to express our laws rather than being an ultimate law itself," there remain too many mysteries and variables to ever consider this so-called fundamental theory sacrosanct.
"It is difficult to imagine that a thousand years from now physicists will still use quantum mechanics as the fundamental description of nature," he continues. "Something else should replace quantum mechanics by that time just as quantum mechanics itself replaced Newtonian mechanics."
What that replacement may be, Sarma declines to speculate. But he nevertheless sees "no particular reason that our description of how the physical universe seems to work should reach the pinnacle suddenly in the beginning of the 21st century and become stuck forever at quantum mechanics."
"That would," he adds, "be a truly depressing thought!"
African American Scientific Endeavors in the Year 2023, provide an empirical science pathway that will helping define, and achieve African American existentialism. Empiricism in the philosophy of science emphasizes evidence, especially as discovered in experiments. Empirical science affords the African American a better way of life than that of becoming hopelessly lost down the endless rabbit holes of imagined theological reasonings rooted in imagined human faith devoid of factual evidence. It is a fundamental part of the scientific method that all hypotheses, and theories must be tested against observations of the natural world rather than resting solely on a priori reasoning, intuition, or revelation. The western world has very little use for a science that doesn't produce things that mankind can use thus empirical science or the science of sense impressions proceeds through experimentation and observations as hypothesis to theory to law. We value things, and many of the things that we value from medicines (i.e., COVID-19 Vaccines) to automobiles have been created via this kind of inquiry into objectified nature. Empiricism proceeds from a basic "ex aliquo aliquid fit" assumption that "from something, something comes", and a seeming silence by African Americans concerning science doesn't necessarily mean that we are silent on the subject and are not practicing a scientific skepticism of contemporary scientific methodology. African Americans question and also doubt much of the fruits of empirical science. It is this kind of doubt (i.e., African American skepticism) that continues research into the wise usage of many of our inventions even after their creation and reproduction have met the stringent test of being established as scientific law. Empirical science can help us to achieve economic, political, and social freedoms in America.
It is a bit of inaccurate western European boasting to assert an absence of Afrocentric thought relative to the overall evolution of what we call science today, especially in light of the anthropological and archeological proofs presented that clearly reveal that the oldest bones on earth were found in Africa. The evolution of African thought (i.e., dealing with objectified nature) includes that of the ancient Egyptians whose symbolic forms of communication, or their writings encompass a basis understanding of the existence of things outside of themselves. The air and gamma rays are represented by their beliefs that certain gods gave air to breathe, and healthful and healing rays emanating from the sun. The Egyptians clearly demonstrated an understanding of the existence of a micro, and macro worlds. For any scientist to assert that African thought does not find a basis for contemporary empirical science aren't demonstrating a full knowledge of the evolution of empirical science today. The atom smashers of today are still following the sub-atomic tell-tale imprints of nature's seemingly infinite retraction from one conceptually identified thing to another completely dispelling the existence of a nihilistic philosophical scientific foundation.
There is nothing having to do with an American scientific practice that is not a priori or a posteriori of western European origin from the Pre-Socrates to contemporary empirical scientific practices. The whole of American scientific endeavors is nothing more than a continuation of Western European scientific methodology inquiries into the nature of things. All scientific discoveries stemming from the practice of empiricism in America belong to Western European science derived from Western European thinkers. Our technologies in total do not deviate from this basic empirical science epistemological premise from our atom smashers, to our cell phones, to our rocket ships, to our sophisticated telescopes in outer space. There is no need for a new science, and it is doubtful that we can ever break with the course of our existing science. Existing scientific practices will answer, or has answered all questions. Given the power of our science, why don’t we have a unified field theory in all disciplines, especially genetics and medicine? If we can postulate, and act upon a premise that man is nothing more than a collection of sub-atomic particles temporarily suspended in three-dimensional space, plus the axis of time, why can’t we speak competently to how we dovetail with the rest of the universe? When we investigate that which is presently subject to investigation both macroscopically and microscopically in nature, we see unity of energetic purpose. There is a relationship of the parts to the whole.
Everything works together to keep the universe from flying apart. We have not properly applied this scientific knowledge which can help send mankind to the moon to improve the longevity of mankind in this environment. Quite frankly some of us are pi**ed off with science because science has put capitalistic concerns above the longevity of humanity. We need to get a grip on our priorities. What is more important, your wallet or your neighbor? Because of science and capitalism, I am afraid of science and capitalism. Trusting science and capitalism is the condition our condition is in (i.e., COVID-19). Will science get right in its relationship with humanity when the money gets right with humanity? Intellectual scientific aloofness is causing a lack of trust in science. What’s in the vaccine? Tell us what’s in it in plain lay language understandable to the common man and woman.
The question all African-Americans should ask themselves today is whether they truly understand and believe in an America that values a pluralistic democracy (i.e., numerous political parties) with a capitalist economic base (i.e., the ownership and selling of property) that reflects an unequal distribution of available goods and services based on merit (i.e., a medical doctor merits more pay than a trash collector).
Although America does have social programs, our political and economic systems are not inherently socialistic. Our fallen martyr Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted nothing more than for African-Americans to be accepted by the white majority as American citizens equal to them. King did not advocate a back to Africa movement. He also did not advance an overthrow of the American government; instead, he suggested improvements in the American government.
King was content just to be a first-class American citizen contributing to the political glorification of America, and to that end he advocated integration of schools to improve African-American education, and to also help eliminate the dehumanization of both African-Americans and whites. Today, both white and black American citizens underestimate the inherent organizing strengths of the U.S. Constitution by continually misinterpreting the corrective intent of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution thereby maintaining a fallacious logic in law.
The logical qualifier should be “all” U.S, citizens, regardless of skin color, or race “are” U.S. citizens subject to protection by the U.S. Constitution, not “some.” African-Americans should utilize their acquired scholastic, technological and global organizational skills to help defeat the political and legalistic resurfacing of racism emanating from the various states of the union, Congress and the presidency.

The fathers of contemporary scientific practice (empirical science), men like Rene’ Descartes who stated the Latin phrase” cogito ergo sum” which means” I think therefore I am.” Recovered the world as thought postulating that the only proof of being is thought. As an educator, it never ceased to amaze me how little many African Americans knew about science. We wear wrist watches, use remote controls and drive automobiles but many cannot explain the science involved in the invention and usages of these things let alone conceptualize scientifically the association of the micro and macro worlds. Contemporary science does not adequately put forth the oneness of all things scientifically. We have a problem associating sand with crystal glass and glass to gas and gas to liquids etc. We have a problem scientifically quantifying perceivable reality because of the way science and math are presented to us. The present-day western world teaching pedagogy is by design deliberately taught by degrees. and it is for this reason African we as African Americans must make a special effort to truly educate ourselves in mathematics and science, logic and philosophy.

The mathematical concepts that you have discussed, geometry, algebra calculus present mental exercises for the brain in accordance with a particular logos and these pragmatic exercises for the brain were invented and are utilized by different nations. Mathematical contributions globally. Confusion also comes with not knowing how to follow the mathematical order set down symbolically in the problems and or formulas presented. I am of the opinion that children should be taught mathematics at an early age and each step of the advancement towards higher ordered mathematical thinking explained along the way (i.e. teach STEM Education). The truths of mathematics can be taught to all races of mankind given the thinker commits himself to the logical truths of math that can be taught as expressed logical symbolism. Dr. Albert Einstein formulated his theories of relativity and special relativity years ago much of which is now considered law but the full truths of his mathematics have yet to be fully realized, and it is still unknown if our mathematical concepts fully dovetail with reality. Survival dictates that we learn how to develop higher ordered thought processes and mastering mathematics is one way to do it.

Among the different types of microscopes, the Electron Microscope (EM) is a powerful microscope available and used today, allowing researchers to view a specimen at nanometer size. The transmission electron microscope (TEM), the first type of EM, is capable of producing images 1 nanometer in size.1 Nanotechnology (or "nanotech") is manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal of precisely manipulating atoms and molecules for fabrication of macroscale products, also now referred to as molecular nanotechnology. A more generalized description of nanotechnology was subsequently established by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, which defined nanotechnology as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers. This definition reflects the fact that quantum mechanical effects are important at this quantum-realm scale, and so the definition shifted from a particular technological goal to a research category inclusive of all types of research and technologies that deal with the special properties of matter which occur below the given size threshold. It is therefore common to see the plural form "nanotechnologies" as well as "nanoscale technologies" to refer to the broad range of research and applications whose common trait is size.
VERITAS ET UTILITAS DEO ET THE REPUBLICAE
LATIN TRANSLATION: “TRUTHS AND USEFULNESSES TO GOD AND TO THE REPUBLIC”, MOTTO UNIVERSITAT HOWARDIS