My most recent CV (January, 2022) is: here. My gambling website is here. My everything else website is here. I received my Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1983. I was a professor of mathematics at Ohio University from 1983 to 1998, getting tenure in 1989. I was a whistleblower there (very long story) and the university […]
Well, COP-26 is ending in just a few short hours. I am waiting for the final statement to come out, but I doubt it will change my mind. Here are my journalistic opening lines, crafted in totally neutral and scientifically objective academic language. NY Times, Washington Post — feel free to use this opening paragraph for your own COP-26 final […]
Harmony and understanding, Sympathy and trust abounding No more falsehoods or derisions, Golden living dreams of visions Mystic crystal revelation, And the mind’s true liberation Aquarius, Aquarius —Hair (the musical), 1967 I’ve been paying attention to the goings on at COP-26 this week. “Paying attention” is a weird way to put it, because the conference is extraordinarily fragmented and directionless. […]
Ya, that says it all. My doom levels went up in 2024. COP was even worse than expected. The FF…
In the very near future, self-aware artificial intelligence agents will probably do exactly what you’re suggesting, as soon as they…
i have friends who still believe that the science behind climate change research is a hoax. we are fucked. as…
Both books would have been better off in the landfill or recycled.
I agree, but there is nothing objective about any of this except to say that, objectively, humans need a viable…
It all boils down to this: too many humans using too many natural resources and producing too much pollution, including…
I love this so much! I am so tired of human supremacy attitudes! We are only one of the 10…
Thanks for all of the bets and the links to the data! I just read this post: https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/the-coming-population-collapse by Ugo…