Monthly Archives: July 2023

There is a pattern that often happens when people feel the need to change the behaviour of others, where for some reason those who want the change seem to see it as in some sense punitive and so actually make … Continue reading →

The subheading of this article claims that “Despite advances in molecular genetics, too many biologists think that natural selection is driven by random mutations”. Several examples in the article show how the random changes which natural selection acts upon do … Continue reading →

This  story reminded me of the fact that I have often been puzzled by premature references to the anthropocene as an epoch rather than an event. Source: Opinion | The ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ movie craze tells a dark story – … Continue reading →

It’s nice to know that Stephen Harper thinks of himself as a collaborator with Viktor Orban in the re-branding process: Nazi=National Socialist<=National Conservative<=”right-wing, conservative”<=”centre-right parties” On the other hand, I might be being unfair “Perhaps Harper was there to try … Continue reading →

It’s perfectly reasonable to prohibit the copying and embedding of content in a way that bypasses the revenue generation mechanisms that have been implemented by the owners of that content. But if you demand that the aggregators pay just for … Continue reading →