Science & Society
- North Korea’s “Christmas Gift”- Keeping Door Open For Talks- Maybe Alternative Is A Geostationary Satellite Launch?
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First whatever happens- Kim might do something dramatic maybe but his aim would be to get the talks back on track. It would not lead to war no matter what. Neither side has any benefit from a war. They are trading threats again, but they are empty bluffs. ...
Article - Robert Walker - Dec 6 2019 - 9:31am
- Tesla Truck Showed Us The Future And Lost Musk Over 768 Million
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W e are living in the future of our past. Tesla has had the guts to unveil a truck that looks futuristic and paid the price. If in 2040 we still drive cars that look like they do now, and work like they do now we’ll know why. It will be because we have ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 6 2019 - 10:21pm
- The Peloton Ad Was Not Bad. Two Thirds Of US Is Overweight And Skinny Shames. An Unpopular Opinion.
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T wo thirds of Americans are overweight or obese (1). That is the new unhealthy normal and as always being outside of the normal range leads to backlash. The fact so many comments on the ad were “she’s already thin she does not need to work out,” speak ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 7 2019 - 6:13am
- North Korean- Likely Used Light Mock Warhead To Fly Further & Not About To Invade South Korea Or US Invade NK
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Once more many people are getting scared as a result of the recent North Korea test which puts the whole of the US in range. The headlines say it puts all of US in range. You have to read carefully to discover it was probably a lightweight mock warhead. ...
Article - Robert Walker - Dec 9 2019 - 8:19am
- Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Right On Black Woman. Wrong On TMT!
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P hysics, and STEM are fundamentally neutral but the human beings who do them are not, including the ones that write about how biased everyone else is. Who gets funding, who gets a job, and who gets a better student review, are all things which race, ge ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 10 2019 - 9:17pm
- Cancel Culture: Two Arguments To Help Decide
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While definitions vary, to “cancel” in today’s lingo means to remove people and cultural products from consumption and popular conversation. This is done in light of actions that make them unworthy of praise or critique. ...
Article - The Conversation - Dec 14 2019 - 6:00am
- Dickens Created Victorian Christmas, And That Imagery Shapes Christmas Now
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December 25, as we all know, is Jesus Christ’s birthday, a Christian celebration in which the myth of three kings who travelled far and wide to give gifts to the “new born king” inspires the modern Christian tradition of gift giving. Early gifts used to b ...
Article - The Conversation - Dec 22 2019 - 10:00am
- TMT Roadblock To Come Down Construction Not To Go Up. Construction Time Is Over On Mauna Kea. UPDATE
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A fter months of delay the construction of TMT will not be able to start in 2019. With the start of construction on hold for an indefinite period. Some take this as a win for the protest, striking a blow against inequality, homelessness, underemployment ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 26 2019 - 7:32pm
- 2019 Predictions Partially Correct
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I n December of last year I made some predictions for 2019. So how did I do? Those predictions spanned science and technology and followed from things which were in the works in 2018. When it comes to space flight we were all perhaps a bit too optimistic ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 31 2019 - 5:39pm
- Predictions! What The 2020’s Are Likely To Bring In Science And Technology.
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L ook forward to a decade where the quantum computer becomes practical, we travel around the Moon, and inch closer to understanding of quantum gravity. Predicting the future in any detail is impossible but we can look at what people are working on now and ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 1 2020 - 12:42pm