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Probably not, but the odds are that mortality will arrive before morality. Not to mention self awareness: Imagine the nerve of the Iranian regime's killing peaceful protesters! We must put a stop to THAT!
January 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Probably not, but the odds are that mortality will arrive before morality. Not to mention self awareness: Imagine the nerve of the Iranian regime's killing peaceful protesters! We must put a stop to THAT!
African green monkeys are the "Yogi Bears" of the primate world. They love all the delights that humans scatter around their environments. And they are not shy about grabbing a tasty treat.
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
African green monkeys are the "Yogi Bears" of the primate world. They love all the delights that humans scatter around their environments. And they are not shy about grabbing a tasty treat.
Sure, I still remember my HS English teacher's warning as we went off to uni about learning more & more about less & less. I see now that he also was encouraging us to fight it (a little). Luckily, one of our grad faculty repeated: "If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail!"
January 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Sure, I still remember my HS English teacher's warning as we went off to uni about learning more & more about less & less. I see now that he also was encouraging us to fight it (a little). Luckily, one of our grad faculty repeated: "If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail!"
What? No! A PhD is the gateway to professional "studying": the credential that certifies we have the research and writing skills to tackle complex problems and to learn how to resolve them. Sure, the content focus is "learning more & more about less & less". PhD is about skills, not just content.
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
What? No! A PhD is the gateway to professional "studying": the credential that certifies we have the research and writing skills to tackle complex problems and to learn how to resolve them. Sure, the content focus is "learning more & more about less & less". PhD is about skills, not just content.
Can you say "Mayflower" boys and girls?
January 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Can you say "Mayflower" boys and girls?
A lot of the rest of us came to that conclusion between 2017 and 2021. We had just HOPED some of it had been clawed back. Not enough! SAD!
January 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
A lot of the rest of us came to that conclusion between 2017 and 2021. We had just HOPED some of it had been clawed back. Not enough! SAD!
So, a paleolithic silicon-based technology?
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
So, a paleolithic silicon-based technology?
This is a short, 2-page summary of the major issues; but has nice set of recent references. Basic argument: it is not so much the temperature that is a problem as the instability which affects behavior, food production, disease transmission, mortality, and the foundations of modern civilization!
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This is a short, 2-page summary of the major issues; but has nice set of recent references. Basic argument: it is not so much the temperature that is a problem as the instability which affects behavior, food production, disease transmission, mortality, and the foundations of modern civilization!
"Modern human civilisation has been facilitated by the remarkably stable climatic conditions of the Holocene: the past 11 000 years during which century-to-century global average temperatures varied by no more than 1°C. ...This stable period has ended abruptly...."
January 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"Modern human civilisation has been facilitated by the remarkably stable climatic conditions of the Holocene: the past 11 000 years during which century-to-century global average temperatures varied by no more than 1°C. ...This stable period has ended abruptly...."
it seems that it is not as easy as they think to brainwash kids. The thing they are so worried the other side will do. Saw this with kids coming to Uni after creationist "schooling" confronting our evolution materials. Typical response: "Oh, is that all?"
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
it seems that it is not as easy as they think to brainwash kids. The thing they are so worried the other side will do. Saw this with kids coming to Uni after creationist "schooling" confronting our evolution materials. Typical response: "Oh, is that all?"
But lowest in our Brave Little State. Still, in the grocery store today, way more than 75 people and we saw no more than 3 other people with masks. Low density helps a little.
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
But lowest in our Brave Little State. Still, in the grocery store today, way more than 75 people and we saw no more than 3 other people with masks. Low density helps a little.