… we just don’t usually use the term “long flu,” or talk about it much. So many things about COVID resemble other contagious illnesses, including common ones such as the flu. Some of these resemblances involve the possibility of serious … Continue reading →
According to the Big Bang theory, in the beginning of the universe there was darkness. The Webb telescope is shedding some light on how light came to be: According to data from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the … Continue reading →
AI may not dream of electric sheep*, but it certainly has an active imagination. Matt Taibbi found Google’s Gemini to be spinning yarns about him, and even making accusations of anti-Semitism. The more times Taibbi asked Gemini to tell him … Continue reading →
Recommended: Even so, in a trial that most neutral observers would surely see as favoring the arguments of the defense, Mann walked away with a resounding, comprehensive victory.7 How did that happen? In my view, there were two absolutely pivotal … Continue reading →
The trial was held in DC. Increasingly, that’s all you need to know in order to predict the outcome. This trial was apparently twelve years in the making, and it’s not over yet because there will be an appeal. Here’s … Continue reading →
The story of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun and whose wax wings melted and caused his death, is often considered a warning against hubris. So that’s why I refer to people such as this – and he … Continue reading →
Claudine Gay has gotten the most press recently, but there are more allegations of plagiarism at Harvard in the DEI area: Harvard University’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, Sherri Ann Charleston, appears to have plagiarized extensively in her academic work, … Continue reading →
Someone was talking to me about this just the other day, as though we don’t already have enough to worry about: So this must be the health scare du jour. I actually rarely drink water from those little bottles. But … Continue reading →
Fauci’s been testifying that some of the social distancing recommendations for COVID were based on nothing much: The idea was everyone staying six feet away from each other would slow the virus spread. From that flowed the “need” to close … Continue reading →
I’m really tired of feeling the need to write this sort of thing, having dealt with it over and over again over the last few years. It is my observation that many people have no idea how to interpret medical … Continue reading →
Commenter “huxley” had AI perform an interesting exercise. He asked ChatGPT 3.5 to do the following: Write song lyrics like “Why Can’t a Woman Be More like a Man” based on “Why can’t a Nothing be more like a Something.” … Continue reading →
Commenter “huxley” writes: A tiny heads-up. Within months you are going to start getting Chat-generated comments. I have no idea what you should do. I don’t know either, but here’s my take on it. If I understand the definition of … Continue reading →