Monthly Archives: July 2024

What is touted these days as AI (Artificial Intelligence) is not that at all. It’s actually AII (the Artificial Illusion of Intelligence) -something that is made painfully obvious by the ad being complained about in Shelly Palmer’s article below. Source: … Continue reading →

Roger Pielke Jr. has a long history of what some see as casting doubt on the need for prompt reduction of our CO2 emissions but which he categorizes just as exposing false and/or misleading claims (and sometimes even scientific malpractice) … Continue reading →

 In what way does Schrodinger’s cat experiment represent morality? Many people consider that an experiment which eventually kills half its subjects should not be performed on anything as cute as a ca Some suggest that it is not the experimental … Continue reading →

Much as I hate to admit it(*), and despite ongoing concerns about the possible risks even when gas extraction is not the objective, I have to agree that there is significant promise in the idea of using fracking technology to … Continue reading →

I side with those who feel they must agree with Elon Musk that Yann LeCun is full of shit when he claims that nothing that is not published counts as “science”. Among the respondents to a Quora answer that I … Continue reading →

Biden doesn’t need to drop out if Harris and her supporting team can be integrated into Biden’s core group in such a way that she can genuinely be seen as a co-leader ready to step in whenever Biden falters. (With … Continue reading →

This article seems to suggest that the author’s experience with academic philosophy has contributed nothing of value to his practice of doing philosophy in the real world. If so, I think it agrees with what the Harvard professor he quotes … Continue reading →