Monthly Archives: January 2026

Current attempts to create an Artificial Illusion of Intelligence are clearly not actually Intelligent. For example Google’s AI mode response to the prompt “analemma” includes the following: Formation of the Analemma The analemma’s shape is a visual representation of the … Continue reading →

I would say yes, although I think of the word “conscious” as an adjective corresponding to having some threshold level of a continuously ranged property called “consciousness”, and so as not being well defined until that threshold level is specified. … Continue reading →

Ironically, my skepticism about the thesis of this Aeon article prompted me to take a bit of a tour through the history of timelines – which confirmed my suspicion that the idea of representing time graphically by a linear dimension … Continue reading →

Well, now It’s Perfectly Obvious that the USA is totally fucked in the head! Half of the commenters see video of the recent killing of Renee Good by Jonathan Ross as obviously a cold blooded murder, and half as obviously … Continue reading →

The AP reference to “Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro” and TorStar’s to “Venezuela’s ousted leader Maduro” are both incorrect. There is as yet no indication that the acting president (who is currently assuming his role while he is constrained from … Continue reading →