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My friend Neale Adams is a professional writer who now in retirement finds that writing is in his blood and feels compelled to continue to exercise his craft even though it may now be without financial compensation, but in declaring … Continue reading →

So there will be no move towards a “binding” referendum while Danielle Smith is Premier – which means I guess we are safe until the end of the UCP convention on Nov 29. Source: CBC News – Latest Canada, World, … Continue reading →

When I was young, the Deccan Traps were widely considered to be the most likely explanation of the KT extinction. But discovery of the Iridium signature and Chicxulub crater made it clear that there was another possibility whose short sharp … Continue reading →

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer … and the rest of them are doing so because they think that AI will kill us all before the cancer … Continue reading →

US congressman Paul Ryan suggests that UBI should not be supported because it “reduces labor force participation“. Well news flash – unearned wealth of any kind also reduces labor force participation. So is Mr Ryan in favour of limiting or … Continue reading →

Source: Rocket Science – Physics Notes

I suspect that WestJet and its employees will suffer huge negative consequences as a result of their unnecessary disruption of the lives of thousands of Canadians over an issue that they were able to resolve in just 24 hours of … Continue reading →

It may be true that higher education is losing the public’s trust, but this article “has to be read to be believed. No, strike that, I’ve read it(*) three times, and I am still struggling to convince myself that it’s … Continue reading →

A Quoran asks: What is gravity? Does it work like Sir Newton said or Like Sir Einstein said? Which definition is more accurate? Gravity is the name we give to the fact that all (uncharged) matter tends to clump together. … Continue reading →

If, despite lowering standards only half the population gets to experience post-secondary indoctrination, then indeed this might drive an unhealthy bifurcation of political orientation. Perhaps we need a more universally shared experience for young adults – such as required period … Continue reading →

Do rules against insider trading really not prohibit the sale of insider information to third parties in advance of its public release?!!! Source: Trump Media to Sell Real-Time Truth Social Feed to Traders – WSJ

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 →

The certainty with which “expert” opinions are expressed to the public on matters of public policy import is almost always greater than that with which the “experts”, if speaking honestly, would admit to one another. And on the other hand, … Continue reading →

It is important to identify and reject both false arguments for a position one believes to be true and claims which make a false extension of that position. But when someone professing to be an “Honest Broker” focuses exclusively on … Continue reading →

The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis if often touted as some kind of necessary extension of current thinking about Biology. However is not a theory but rather just a “conceptual framework” or metaphor. And in fact, I see no reason not to … Continue reading →

My own question requires one less word than that posed by former Bloomberg columnist and now Substack writer Noah Smith. But his concern that writing for a Substack is less “conversational” than his previous role surprises me. There are certainly … Continue reading →

This article does present some techniques that might be useful for someone struggling with OCD or other similar conditions. Source: How to relax your own rules and build psychological flexibility | Psyche Guides

The idea that certain kinds of political extremism and Milgram followerism are not universal but linked to a particularly “rigid” thinking style is interesting. And while the possibility that such rigidity is innate in a significant fraction of the population … Continue reading →

Scott Santens has a good idea when he says “Tax Stock the Way Companies Already Issue It” (ie by requiring an annual dilution rate in favor of the UBI distribution). But I suspect that the number of people who would … Continue reading →

The article Science Media Amplifies Male Scientists’ Voices Over Female Ones (from ‘The Scientist‘) is an embarrassment to the cause it purports to serve. It is true and regrettable that women are underrepresented in the sciences as a whole – … Continue reading →