WE CONTINUE The consensus—and we never buck consensii; consensuses?—was to keep these updates going for the time being, but expanding their scope. I have therefore cut back on some of the old […]
On the same day the ACLU invented the term “menstrual equity“, here’s what JK Rowling said, quoted in case her tweet is deleted: Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. […]
Listen to this: Brothers and sisters: There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but […]
Headline: Big Tongues and Extra Vertebrae: The Unintended Consequences of Animal Gene Editing: Unintended consequences have included enlarged rabbit tongues and extra pig vertebrae, as bioethicists warn of hubris Scientists around the […]
That Smarts Everybody knows that some people are smarter than others, and that some are teachable and some not. Well, some people do deny these facts, believing that if everybody started from […]
Only a minor point about GMOs today. Here’s how the Ars Technica “On GMO safety, the fiercest opponents understand the least” opens: “Science is our most effective means of understanding the natural […]
Here’s the headline: “AI can predict when someone will die with unsettling accuracy: This isn’t the first time experts have harnessed AI’s predictive power for healthcare.” Unsettling accuracy? Is accuracy unsettling? Has […]
We’re going to soon talk more about “IQ” and “intelligence”. I’m working on a more in-depth article on the subject to carefully explicate the vast over-certainties I see on “both sides” in […]
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