Rein in the bad science.
Plus, is falsifiability critical to science?
Yes.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The New Moon Race
A nice essay at the New Yorker (though it quotes an “historian” as saying that Nixon “killed Apollo.” Johnson did, and Kennedy probably would have, if he hadn’t been assassinated first).
Adware Issue?
Is anyone getting virus alerts blocking a *.adsnative.com redirect when they visit the blog?
Stereo Test Records
Wow, they’re expensive. Which is ironic, because I want to see how much wow there is in my platter.
Brie Larson
A rant on her unbearable ingratitude. I haven’t seen the movie, don’t have any immediate plans to.
Habitats On Mars
Interesting design concepts from Hassell Studios.
Upgrading Phones
A record number of people are waiting to do it.
Apple, Samsung et al are coming up with new models faster than the demand for them. I’m happy with the Moto G6 I bought for a couple hundred bucks a year or two ago. I don’t see any features in the newer ones that I can’t live without. Of course, I see my cell phone as an evil necessity, not something integrated into my existence. I often forget to take it with me when I go out of the house, and only use it in the house when I need to text.
CA HSR
The LA Times has the latest on the mess.
[Update a few minutes later]
Kind of amusing that the contract value for WSP, the biggest consultant, is the number of the beast.
Shackleton
Bezos is hinting that at next month’s satellite conference, he may announce an expedition to the lunar south pole.
A Space Resources Institute
There is a bipartisan bill from two Colorado congressmen to establish one.
I heard about this from George Sowers when I stopped by to visit him in Golden a couple weeks ago. Presumably, their goal is to put it in the Front Range, and probably affiliate it with the School of Mines, which currently has the only graduate program in this discipline.