We’re winning the war. Harry Reid is very disappointed.
And as is noted, Hillary! wants to surrender anyway.
Shhhhh…It’s A Secret
We’re winning the war. Harry Reid is very disappointed.
And as is noted, Hillary! wants to surrender anyway.
Shhhhh…It’s A Secret
We’re winning the war. Harry Reid is very disappointed.
And as is noted, Hillary! wants to surrender anyway.
Transhumanist Technologies
The Lifeboat Foundation has a list of the top ten.
[11:30 AM update]
Artificial life in three to ten years?
Bedau said there are legitimate worries about creating life that could “run amok,” but there are ways of addressing it, and it will be a very long time before that is a problem.
“When these things are created, they’re going to be so weak, it’ll be a huge achievement if you can keep them alive for an hour in the lab,” he said. “But them getting out and taking over, never in our imagination could this happen.”
I hope that’s not attributable to a mere lack of imagination…
Return Of The Giggle Factor?
Is it just me, or is this Onion piece on space tourism uncharacteristically lame?
Disconnect
There’s been a very interesting discussion in comments over at Space Politics about VSE, ESAS, and public perception. Jim Muncy challenges us to an exercise:
I would respectfully request everyone ask themselves two separate and distinct questions. Answer them independently, in any order you want.
1) As a prelude, add any
“Spies Are Everywhere”
Michael Totten has a new report from Baghdad.
“Spies Are Everywhere”
Michael Totten has a new report from Baghdad.
“Spies Are Everywhere”
Michael Totten has a new report from Baghdad.
The Left’s War On Science
Chris Mooney wrote a book called “The Republican War On Science
While it was obviously (from its title) of partisan intent, it was well researched, and did make a good case for it. And it even purported to attempt to appear bi-partisan, by pointing out a few examples of political attacks on science from the left. However, it gave them extremely short shrift, in my opinion. Here’s just one example of the kind of thing with which he could have balanced the book, had he truly wanted to.
My problem with Chris’ book is that it was too polemical, when he had an opportunity to make a serious point–that science is continually under assault by people with an agenda from all points on the political compass. By attempting to make it a partisan issue, it results in a misdiagnosis of the problem. After all, if it’s only a “Republican” war on science, then the solution is simple–elect Democrats. Unfortunately, the problem is much more complex than that, and the notion that it’s not holds us back from finding a real solution.