Tesla board meeting August 2021 Present: Our Glorious and Most Brilliant Divine Master, Elon Musk (EM), Tom Tinker, Engineering (TT), Seamus O’Blather, Advertising (SOB) SOB: People are starting to notice the top speed in the hype-o-loop is under 30 mph EM: What can you do about that Tom? TT: We can make the lights flash […]
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Set in the years when the world was in (completely justified) fear of nuclear Armageddon, Saucers holds a mirror to our current universal fear of destruction through global warming. In both cases, self interest from the most powerful continue to make the risk higher and the potential damage more devastating for all. We may look […]
BBC Article 16 Aug 2021: Would you let a robot lawyer defend you? In my short story “Apeman” (from the Arkships series), I introduced the idea of robot lawyers: “Two identical GV34 AI units had been uploaded with Lawyer programming, each with full access to the central database of Case Law. One was designated Prosecution […]
Steven Weinberg 3 May 1933 – 23 July 2021. One of the giants of physics. A Few selected steven weinberg quotes [On the Fakebook effect] – “All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically” [On magic] – “Sometimes nature seems more beautiful than strictly necessary” [On knowledge] – “This is […]
“Doctor Ross” Boyd (RB): I’d like to welcome Philip Sims, the UFO researcher from “Prudent Doubt” magazine… Philip Sims (PS): Can I stop you right there, Ross? I’m not a UFO researcher. I prefer to be called a “crop circle investigator”. RB: Isn’t that the same thing? PS: Not at all. UFO fans depend in […]
I don’t spend any time on Fakebook these days, but still occasionally get drawn into conversations that one would normally only have to endure on such platforms. A couple of weeks ago, a reader contacted me; giving all the signs of someone with strong enough opinions to go straight onto anyone’s “ignore” list. Needless to […]
People keep asking me when I will be releasing a story (even a short story) about the current pandemic, so I thought it would be a good idea to state my position here. SARS-COV-2 is a novel coronavirus that was first discovered in the human population in late 2019 (although was probably around for longer). […]