THE HOTEL AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
Would Saudi Arabia’s new city of Neom be more admired on Earth if it could be seen from Proxima Centauri? The Line in the Sand No doubt you have read about the new city of Neom being built by Saudi Arabia as its new-world city. It will be 170 kilometers long and incorporate skyscrapers and architectural monuments. Neom’s […]
Honey, I Shrunk the (Kids, Whoops) Universe!
We humans made a huge mistake in our design for exploring the universe – we are looking through the wrong end of the telescopes! Eye in the Sky I’m sure you have heard heaps about the James Webb Telescope – definitely a technological breakthrough and a gigantic step towards understanding the known universe a bit better. Now […]
Do AI’s Believe in God?
I’m expecting AIs to come up with an answer, because that should tell us if we humans have free will or not. That translates into whether humans will ever be able to answer the really interesting questions, or just keep on endlessly playing old (vinyl) records, even if we persuade ourselves that there is, or […]
AI Still Hasn’t Discovered the Secrets of Financial Behaviors
Behavioral economics and finance were an innovative new approach to economics and human behavior. But the economists still don’t get it. Human Behaviors Not Meant to be Studied? You might have noticed that Daniel Kahneman, one of the two founders (with Amos Tversky who predeceased him thereby being passed over for the Nobel) just died. […]
“The 3 Body Problem”: China’s Poisoned Chalice?
Where’s the Universe headed? Downhill, according to “The 3 Body Problem”. Not a Warm Body So maybe you are aware of the hot sci-fi movie on Netflix “The 3 Body Problem” (T3BP)? The first Chinese sci-fi film to win a famous global prize for sci-fi stories. Yep, it’s pretty good, probably one of the best […]
Ultra-Processed Foods Are Great?!
The killjoys are on the march again. Ultra-processed is next to Godliness. Big Food Seems like you can’t read an article anywhere without being told that the reason that so many of us are obese or big is because we eat too much ultra-processed food. That’s got me to thinking and even, ultraly ruminating. Is a […]
The Next – Mental – Extinction?
Mental health globally is already in crisis. AI is already making it dramatically worse. Could it be the final death of us? We’re All Hal Now! Now we’re all getting into the bad stuff that comes with AI. That includes ,inter alia, racial bias in AI tools, c.f. Google’s Gemini admission by its CEO, numerous instances […]
WHY HASN’T AI DISPLACED WARREN BUFFETT YET?
There’s a global industry out there devoted to predicting stock prices; the evidence shows that human traders rarely beat index funds or the S&P. Is AI going to finally figure out how to do that? Don’t bet on it, but we have a way. Is AI Expert? Whither AI? The pundits all see it taking over […]
Two Birds with One Stone? Are We About to Defeat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s?
Both diseases lead to dire human suffering and dispiriting global social and economic impacts. Did we just find the secret to curing them? A Little Bit of Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing OK just for the record, I have no medical qualifications whatsoever. Just an average but curious citizen wanting to do my little bit […]
How About Immunity for…Musk?
We need to make a clear distinction between the types of immunities. Boring Immunities We’ve heard a lot, actually too much, about immunity lately. Seems like if it were granted to any politician who became a President, that’s the end of the American dream, freedom if you remember. We’ve also heard a lot about another […]