Don’t worry, they won’t ruin sex. I think that, like other technological advances, they will increase opportunities for more people.
Cultural Imperialism
Apropos of this thread, stop telling me I’m violent, or I’ll kill you.
The Limits Of Knowledge
The climate debate has an epistemological problem that proponents of policy to deal with it want to pretend doesn’t exist. I wrote about the flawed precautionary principle years ago.
Placebo Buttons
I’d always wondered about this sort of thing.
Commercial Crew
Looks like Boeing is going to slip into 2019.
We remain dependent on the Russians because we remain unwilling to risk astronauts’ lives on something as hazardous as spaceflight.
Colonizing Mars
Is Elon religious enough to do it?
I don’t know, but I think there will be room for plenty of religions off planet, including new ones.
[Update a while later]
A new paper from the White House called “Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality” that contains almost nothing that would actually enable human settlement of space.
[Afternoon update]
Adam Routh wants to do Apollo again.
Conservative Reasons To Vote For Trump
Five of them. I agree, even though I think he’d be terrible. Especially on the last one.
[Sunday-morning update]
Since the topic has come up in comments, it’s worth noting that while Trump talks dirty, Juanita Broaddrick still relives her brutal rape by Bill Clinton. And expect the Democrats (of which she, like Kathleen Willey, used to be one) to continue to attack her and imply that she is a liar, or a “narcissistic loony tune,” as they do with all of his victims.
[Update a few minutes later]
Hillary is (faux) shocked, shocked at Trump’s crude language. The hypocrisy is overwhelming.
[Late-afternoon update]
Juanita Broaddrick wants to be believed.
And the Left and the Clinton mafia want to victimize her again.
[Monday-morning update]
A reminder of what Hillary did to Kathleen Willey. It’s who she is. It’s what she does.
The Childishness Sweeping America
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman:
The worst aspect of all these stories is how this childish intolerant behavior is becoming increasingly violent and aggressive. Unfortunately, our society does not seem to know how to stop it, and thus I expect it to only grow worse in the coming years, no matter who wins this coming election.
Like related things, it won’t end well.
NASA’s Approach To Mars Exploration
A lot of what NASA is doing is going to undergo a rethinking in the next few years, I think.
Rocket Propellant From Water
I’m glad to see this technology being demonstrated and matured in space, but I think its terrestrial applications are overhyped.