The Economist is asking why people believe in nonsense. Well I will tell you: Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, and others have known it for years: We need to teach critical thought to young people, (more…)
Questioning Ted Talks? After De Grey, then Lisi…. are they smart or smart sounding?
I wrote this around the time it was debunked (since then, a thorough debunking, somewhat rough for Garrett, popped up: http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/11/exceptionally-simple-theory-of.html)Â – “Did (more…)
10 arbitrary rules to live by. These aren’t set in stone, but they’re infallible. FISHBITS’ COMMANDMENTS:
TL;DR = LOOK AT THE BEAUTY IN LIFE – as suggested by a 109 year old Holocaust Survivor: “I know about the bad things, but I look to the good things.“ Alice Herz-Sommer I was (more…)
Brave New World vs. 1984 – Aldous Huxley’s note to George Orwell
This is so fascinating! This is an epic letter…. from Aldous Huxley to George Orwell, just after 1984 was published…. it becomes an interesting conversation about why Huxley thought his portrayal (more…)
The other side of this.
Poems on mortality & death Me first: I am afraid of mortality. It keeps me wakeful through many night. It rests heavy on my mind & never perches on eyelids. I truly wish I was (more…)
The Coming Age of Transparency & Accountability – Why talking “Privacy” is simply Nero Fiddling
This is very curious. Everyone is concerned about the notion of “privacy”, *except* when they don’t think it applies. Is it hard for people to understand that transparency & accountability obliterate (more…)
Truth? It’s quite depressing that it’s less complex than you had hoped… 9/11 Truthers
Hi. I am a skeptic. I appreciate thoughtful, rigorous critical thought. Every once inawhile, I fall into the trap of engaging or chatting up these conspiracy theorists, and constantly realize *I* am the (more…)
Netflix Watch Instantly Films You Should Be Watching, But Probably Are Not.
All these are on Netflix watch instantly right now, w/ Melancholia coming soon. Â I am linking to their Netflix Page. Â Pass this around. Every single one of these movies deserves recognition. The point (more…)
Robot Quadrotors – cooperative drones playing music, and Weyland’s TED 2023 speech – “We are now Gods”
Drones playing 007 – Ted 2023 – Weyland telling us we’re gods. You know what? Whether #darkmatter produces a big crunch, or we planet hop to a frozen entropic infinity – until then? We *are* (more…)
Collectivist Super-consciousness & Anonymous, vs. Consumerism, & the decline of Privacy & Individualism (& the Century of the Self)
This is a fascinating read….. http://www.technollama.co.uk/anonymous-and-the-decline-of-individualism “Just because you have 40 colors of the same shoe to pick from doesn’t make you an individual.” (more…)