Science & Society

Why Strong Artificial Intelligences Need Protection From Us- Not Us From Them

Many people including Stephen Hawkings and Elon Musk are worried about the possibility of an artificial program that might become intelligent and take over the world. The idea is that at some point in the future we may be able to develop artificial intell ...

Article - Robert Walker - Dec 14 2023 - 8:54am

Scientization Of Politics: The Reason Yucca Mountain Was Cancelled

Nuclear power is not mired in regulatory uncertainty because the science is unsettled, the overwhelming majority of scientists accept physics and the really overwhelming consensus of nuclear physicists accept the safety of nuclear power. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 14 2023 - 10:49am

Government's Electric Car Mandate Is So Profitable GM Is Buying Out Dealerships Who Don't Want To Sell Them

The federal government now mandates and subsidizes electric cars. Like with similar solar panels, ethanol, and compact fluorescent light bulb schemes, science shows it isn't helping anything except the companies getting taxpayer money. With government ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 20 2023 - 1:36pm

Fallen Tech Heroes Miss Chance At Redemption

Jobs. Gates. Berners-Lee. They opened our worlds to wonders: Graphical user interfaces, PCs, the World Wide Web. They were my heroes, and probably yours, deservedly so. ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Dec 24 2023 - 2:50pm

Electric Cars Are The Espresso Machines Of Automobiles

Government forces automobile companies to sell electric cars- and then forces all taxpayers to subsidize the purchases. With mandates and subsidies, there is no free market and that means companies primarily want to make the cars that will generate the mos ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 27 2023 - 8:48am

Another Reason To Like Jennifer Aniston

I like Jennifer Aniston and not simply for the reason you might expect- I am a healthy, heterosexual man- but because she is good at what she does and after actress Marlo Thomas was on the "Friends" TV show while back, Aniston started doing advoc ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 28 2023 - 9:49am

Half Of Male Medical Interns Have Experienced Sexual Harassment

Though every medical school and residency program has sexual harassment training and methods for reporting, over half of medical interns surveyed from June 2016 to June 2017 data in the Intern Health Study say they have experienced sexual harassment. Self- ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 28 2023 - 1:08pm

Record Numbers Flock To Dating Agencies In Search Of Love For Valentines Day, Say Dating Agencies

The run up to Valentine's Day is peak period for the lonely hearts business, says an advocacy group for the lonely hearts business. Many singles decide not to leave it to chance at this time of year, they say, and join dating agencies rather than lea ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2023 - 3:08pm

UPDATE: Claudine Gay Not Fired By Harvard. Claudine Gay Did Not Plagiarize. Weeks Later Resigns Due To Ongoing Pressure.

Christopher F Rufo has accused the president of Harvard of plagiarism in an effort so clumsy that his own case provides proof that he has no idea what plagiarism even is.   To use someone's ideas and build on them one must quote or paraphrase them, ci ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 2 2024 - 3:12pm

Feel-Good Science Explains Domestic Violence

In the  New York Times, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman  ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 7 2024 - 10:59am