Artificial intelligence models the workings of the human mind. Is it any wonder that it hallucinates and can’t follow through on logical thought? Studying it should tell us more about ourselves and how we aren’t a god’s gift to the natural world.

Every species, including man, has only two possible outcomes; evolution or extinction. Which one would you choose?

Art, jazz, and signal processing: How much chaos can you add or subtract and still recognize something?

I used to be a tech geek, ready to move fast and break things. Now I’m just “techy” and I have to move slow so I don’t break anything. It comes for all of us.

Creationism isn’t science, it’s religion trying to dress up as science for a Halloween party with no booze. Sad.

When I see news of women making headway in pursuit of science, I weep for joy. At last, we are learning to use more than half our brains.

From a hike in the Olympics this year.

Notice how the #PSEnergy outages are concentrated in the areas with lots of trees. Gives you a good hint at the causes.

Instead of “there outa be a law!”, we heard more of “there shouldn’t have to be a law!”?

“I was looking for a bit of a Mars from him to balance your Venus, but that’s what I get for applying ancient metaphors to real life; dramedy.”

Solutions rarely present themselves before the problems.

Why do we call them math problems? Wouldn't it be more fun if we called them math puzzles? Isn't that a more accurate vibe from the point of view of a mathematician?

Trying a new social networking app. Dropped FB long ago over their predatory practices and stupidity. Hopefully this is better. I especially like the openness and hope the curation services take off.