A frustrating history from Scott Manley.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Love Of Coffee
It may be genetic. Well, if it is, it’s not a gene I carry. Coffee is terrible.
Seasteading
Bob Zubrin approvingly reviews a new book on the topic. There is an institute to promote this, and I just signed up for the newsletter.
Space Science
How support for it can be a political liability.
This happened to Jack Schmitt in
ArizonaNew Mexico, as well. His opponent's campaign slogan was "What *On Earth* Has Jack Schmitt Done For Us?" https://t.co/FUr9endlmH— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) November 16, 2018
I would note that this is another problem with a government space program in a representative republic, and why it’s hopeless to think we can do Apollo again. People who want to see space science happen need to look to other funding sources.
[Update late morning]
D’oh! New Mexico, not Arizona.
The Case Against Carbohydrates
Japan In Space
Eric Berger got an all-expenses-paid trip there, courtesy of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to see what’s going on there.
About That Ocean-Warming Study
They screwed the pooch. And we’re not all gonna die from overheated oceans. Good for Nic Lewis. And this demonstrates once again of the lack of value of peer review.
Funny how, like “mistakes” in reporting on politics, these errors always seem to go in one direction.
The BFR
…is under construction at the Port of LA.
Claire Lehmann And Quillette
An interesting story on a provocative, but necessary web site.
The Sex Recession
A long but interesting dive into why young people aren’t getting it on. Among other things, it confirms my long-standing suspicion that ubiquitous porn is making for a lot of terrible and painful sex for women, because too many men think that what is depicted is normal, or expected. And the sad thing is that many women apparently just accept that as the way it is. Anyway, modern dating sounds awful, in part thanks to #MeToo, particularly on campus.