I find it interesting that we are so advanced with visuals, but computer voices are still way behind. So at least voice actors in Hollywood will have jobs for a while.
Doing Well By Doing Good
Coming up with a new way to do blood tests has made this woman, a college drop out, a billionaire.
Eric Holder
A rarity: something to praise him for. But as Glenn notes, it doesn’t go far enough.
PJMedia
How time flies.
Steyn Versus Mann
People on twitter ask things like “How is Mann’s calling Curry a serial climate misinformer as bad or worse as Steyn referring to Mann’s fraudulent hockey stick?” Well the issue is the different norms of behavior between scientists and political commentators. In the climate wars, there is not a level mudslinging playing field for scientists and political commentators.
When I have criticized Mann, I have criticized his involvement in Hiding the Decline, and also his violations of the norms of what I regard as appropriate behavior by scientists. This is far different than what Mann has been doing in #1-#5 above. 5 years ago, defending Michael Mann against his attackers was regarded by many scientists as defending climate science. At this point, I am not seeing many climate scientists standing up for Michael Mann, owing to his violations of the norms, unless they are extreme partisans.
Related: Mann is an Island.
Note also that Steve McIntyre has found more hockey-stick problems.
The Kurds
Obama betrays them.
Well, what did you expect? They’re one of our few actual allies in the region.
Interstellar
The latest trailer:
The Two-Degree Warming Goal
It’s as simplistic and stupid as thinking that CO2 is a magical control knob for the climate.
Declaring War On ISIS
Thoughts on presidential powers from Richard Epstein.
I’ve been thinking about a long post on whether or not we’ve entered a post-Westphalia era. A lot of the confusion we’ve had over the past thirteen years has arisen from the fact that we’ve never had a formal declaration of war. If ISIS is a state (in the Westphalian sense), it is one that has certainly declared war on us, and a great deal of clarity would form if we were to reciprocate. It would end all this nonsense of treating Islamic terrorism as a criminal matter. They are no different from the Nazis, and their goals are in fact more vile and ambitious. As Netenyahu said yesterday, the Nazis believed in a master race, and they believe in a master religion.
Telomerase
The Salk Institute seems to have found an on/off switch for cell aging.
Faster, please.