# tech    

putting visual recognition software to the test

Machine vision still has a long way to go before it can do something as simple as identify objects at a slight angle.
putting visual recognition software to the test

# tech    

weird things vs. the transhumanists

Tomorrow, it's Weird Things vs. transhumanist George Dvorksy on Skeptically Speaking.
weird things vs. the transhumanists

# science    

why we can't lose our scientific explorers

By neglecting their scientists and educations, politicians aren't saving money for their citizens, they're undermining their countries' future.
why we can't lose our scientific explorers

# health    

jake crosby: the boy who cried pharma shill

The self-proclaimed investigative journalist for the anti-vax blog Age of Autism is doing the only thing he knows how to do: play six degrees of Big Pharma.
jake crosby: the boy who cried pharma shill

# space    

the universe's dark side prepares for a siege

Two astronomers think they found evidence in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation that the amount of dark matter in the universe is far smaller than currently thought.
the universe's dark side prepares for a siege

# tech    

how about some paranoia with your new phone?

The city of San Francisco wants cell phone makers to display information showing that their phones are harmless in the most menacing and confusing way possible.
how about some paranoia with your new phone?

# tech    

cyber-security. you're doing it very wrong.

Joe Lieberman decided that the best way to tackle cyber-security is by literally shutting off the country's internet on demand with nothing more than an executive order by the president.
cyber-security. you're doing it very wrong.

# tech    

building a better search engine, trivia edition

IBM has big plans for its Watson engine. Question is whether it will live up to the hype.
building a better search engine, trivia edition

# health    

separating health facts from health hysteria

Despite the gloom and doom you see on the news, we're actually making huge strides in improving medicine and have a pretty good handle on what the media insists are crises.
separating health facts from health hysteria

# tech    

nicholas carr's crusade against technology

If Nicholas Carr's attention span has been undermined by technology, he reasons that so has everyone else's and it's his duty to warn us.
nicholas carr's crusade against technology

# astrobiology    

some of my readers are sadistic tacticians…

Some of this blog's readers would make really scary and really good alien invaders...
some of my readers are sadistic tacticians…

# politics    

the problem with avoiding religion's dark side

While faitheists and accommodationists urge atheists to be nice to religious zealots, the most fervent believers feel no need to treat atheists and other faithful as human, much less worthy of respect.
the problem with avoiding religion's dark side

# science    

when a doctor discovers quantum woo…

Dr. Robert Lanza thinks he's discovered the secret of immortality and it's something very quantum and involving rebooting time loops...
when a doctor discovers quantum woo…

# space    

tackling the high cost of exploring space

While we lament the high cost of exploring space, the truth is that we have the money and plenty of it, plus, investing in R&D will yield trillions in economic development.
tackling the high cost of exploring space

# tech    

get ready for the singularity with a mind file

A Singularitarian group wants to make you immortal using nothing more than all your secrets and keepsakes...
get ready for the singularity with a mind file

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