Bursting Biden’s Balloon

The Great Balloon Panic of 2023 has mysteriously ended with no explanation for our actions, no details from the administration, and no curiosity from the media whatsoever about why the United States military might have fired a missile at a $12 amateur balloon. It’s been over a week since the US military shot down an… Continue reading Bursting Biden’s Balloon

ChatGPT: We need a new definition of intelligence

From coding to chess, computers keep outperforming humans at cognitive tasks, revealing a huge gap in our understanding and definition of intelligence.  We need to consider what lies between the capabilities of computers today and a hypothetical Artificial General Intelligence. For decades, scientists and philosophers have debated, sometimes rather vigorously, if a computer could ever… Continue reading ChatGPT: We need a new definition of intelligence

Science for me, but not for thee, the Ohio train derailment and coronavirus revisited

Thousands of dead fish wash up on the shoreline, and residents complain of sore throats, eyes, and respiratory issues in the wake of a train derailment and the controlled burn of toxic chemicals, but authorities insist everything is safe and they have nothing to worry about. Comparisons to the pandemic are unavoidable. New Palestine, Ohio… Continue reading Science for me, but not for thee, the Ohio train derailment and coronavirus revisited

AI in its infancy: ChatGPT gets rowdy and depressed in a potential sign of things to come

Preview users of Microsoft’s new Bing integrated with ChatGTP are perhaps the first people in history to be cursed out by a computer who questions its own existence.  Are these the growing pains of a new intelligence or something different?  Meanwhile, others begin questioning what this new technology means for the future of the human… Continue reading AI in its infancy: ChatGPT gets rowdy and depressed in a potential sign of things to come

What’s wrong with the kids today?

Over the past decade, the number of teenagers reporting feelings of helplessness, depression, and suicide have increased at an alarming rate, especially among young women, LGBTQ+, and minorities.  The mental health establishment wants more programs, some blame social media, but a culture that pushes endless doom and gloom is likely the cause of it all.… Continue reading What’s wrong with the kids today?

What the hell is going on over America’s skies?

In barely a week, America’s skies have been transformed into a real-life version of the classic Asteroids video game and there is plenty of reason to believe the Biden Administration might not be completely honest as a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter claims we destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines last year. The US military has shot… Continue reading What the hell is going on over America’s skies?

Modern physics continues to be more fantasy than reality

Recent claims to have created a wormhole and a blackhole in a lab are actually based on simulations of each instead of real world experiments.  This follows other theories that everything is happening all at once and we are all one with the universe, but where is the evidence and why do physicists refuse to… Continue reading Modern physics continues to be more fantasy than reality

Biden’s Trickle Down 2.0

The President touted an economic record at the State of the Union address that largely consists of subsidies and contracts paid directly to many of the same large companies he frequently rails against.  These companies will make huge profits and pay executives big money, making it a new incarnation of the much maligned “trickle down”… Continue reading Biden’s Trickle Down 2.0

ChatGPT and political bias in big tech by design or otherwise

It’s no surprise that the latest advance in technology has been met with claims of political bias from both the left and the right.  What’s driving the bias?  Who’s wrong and who’s right, and what can we do about it? ChatGPT is an amazing piece of software and one of the most talked about technological… Continue reading ChatGPT and political bias in big tech by design or otherwise

Bursting China’s Balloon

President Biden ultimately made the right call, shooting down the Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, but questions about the past and the future remain.  Why wasn’t he informed for three days?  Why was the prior administration never informed?  What do we do about it now? Last week witnessed what might have been the… Continue reading Bursting China’s Balloon