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I've wondered if excreationsist's model were correct myself, but never for more than a few seconds at a time, and I don't recall any such wonderings as recently as the 21st century. Although coming from an opposite direction, excreationist's model reminds me of the Boltzmann brain model which...

Yes. This is the genius who Thought Obama was born in Kenya and is a Muslim. Thought the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated by the CIA. Thought that storms and forest fires were being caused by -- what's her latest view? -- either the Deep Liberal State or the Rothschild family. Thought the...

This battery in China stores nearly a GigaWatt-Hour of energy. Batteries will continue to improve; where practical power usage will be timed for periods of cheap electricity; and non-intermittent renewable energy (geothermal, ocean current) will come on-line. The drawbacks of renewable power...

It's hard to define, let alone quantify, the rate of coincidences. Out of respect for the genuis who combined intuition, common-sense and analytic power and whom one of the greatest mathematicians called "the man most likely to storm and smash a really deep and formidable problem; there was...

I did NOT scroll back to study and judge the antecedent dialog. I just view this post and the earlier NHC post it quotes in isolation. My reaction is that NoHolyCows writes very eloquently and correctly.

I agree with your sentiments. Shouldn't the producers have placed a disclaimer somewhere in the credits? Amadeus is one of my favorite movies, but I was never interested in Mozart's bio, and never even wondered about the movie's fact/fiction ratio! (Do I seem like an incurious fellow? I AM a...

Treating Middle-Easterners (Arab) as more violent or immoral than Europeans is a canard. Consider the Spanish Inquisition and the Albigensian Crusade just for starters. Accounts I've read of the Crusades make the Muslims seem superior morally. Cyrus the Great of Iran was one of several...

Irrelevant comment on the alleged fig tree murder: Bishop Spong thinks the events of "Palm Sunday" took place during the season of Sukkot, rather than Passover. If so, the weird parable of the out-of-season fig tree may be a cryptic hint to the correct chronology.

LLMs are apparently now writing novel and peer-reviewed papers in quantum physics! (Warning: Sabine Hossenfelder video.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - I think you write "evolved" for the contrast with "pre-programmed." (Would it be interesting to start a thread exploring possible libido...

On arrival, St. Peter takes The Orange Potus on a tour ending up in the Presidential section. The Orange One sees Bill Clinton being thoroughly serviced 24/7 by Monica Lewinsky's talented tongue. Despite enduring this for centuries Clinton continually moans in ecstasy, though Monica is looking...

I wasn't sure about @thebeave . Maybe he just feels like a persecuted male who hates DEI and hates paying taxes to support Welfare Mama's kids, so supports Trump knowing how despicable he is, but thinking of him "as the lesser of two evils." We know there are many who vote for Trump while...

The first (and only?) time I heard the expression "86" in the wild was in Nevada casinos. It wasn't used by casino employees -- they stayed polite and sober and just said "You can't play Twenty-One anymore, here or in any of the Harrah's casinos. You're welcome to play Craps or any of the...

The large sum was to run TV ads for HHS, mostly showing Kristi riding around on a horse, or sporting various hats. This was twice the ENTIRE HHS advertising budget in 2024 IIRC. The contract was given to an LLC which did NOT even exist until it was awarded the contract. The LLC hired the...

I came here to post the amazing criminal corruption of Kristi Noem which has just come to light, but see that unapologetic and crazyfingers beat me to it! A few days ago I complained that Trump's cabinet was filled with morons and petty criminals. Let me retract that partially. Kristi Noem is...

You've lost me completely. First you lump Rachel with the "talking heads" you deprecate. Then you agree with me -- and Rachel -- that connecting dots is good. It would be almost impossible for you or I to construct that Kazakh story by ourselves from any ordinary news. Rachel can do because...

(I don't know if the Spoiler tags are still needed, but I suppose they don't hurt.)

This is congruent to my impressions, and what some experts imply. Is AI still improving quickly? Or is it stymied at simplistic LLM and waiting for a major breakthrough? I read reports that some companies are disappointed in their AI efforts, but these reports may be "fake news" as OP...

The YouTube about Kazakhstan that I reported on is seven years old -- so a poor example to cite-- but it is the only Maddow show fresh in my memory. She was NOT simply "reporting the news." (And "news" by its very etymology suggests NEW information.) She was CONNECTING the DOTS that tie...

You seek to maximize quality and minimize flaws. Businesses seek to maximize sales and minimize costs.

I wasn't sure, but thought it impolitic to impugn the honesty of Dr. Z's girlfriend.