Monday I see another report about a young couple that have surmounted the work trap and managed to retire by the age of forty. Well, actually, I didn’t read the article, but that is what I surmise from the headline. From the number of such headlines I would assume that it is an aspiration in the peculiar zeitgeist that passes as the modern world. Why would … [Read more...]
‘Drone’ Will Become a Verb
Friday I extracted the following quotes from an article by someone somewhere. I can no longer find it to credit the author. The following quotes are from Stuart Russell - professor of computer science at Berkeley and one of the world’s leading AI researchers “The capabilities of autonomous weapons will be limited more by the laws of physics — for example, by … [Read more...]
Rice Eats People
Sunday The gene theory holds that the greater the number of genes, the greater the evolutionary progress and survival potential. Scientists went on to work out that humans have 25,000 genes. Then they discovered that rice has 46,000 genes. Given water, rice will survive forever. Without doubt, humans are smarter than plants, so why is it that they are less survival … [Read more...]