Sunday, September 27, 2015

The multiplicative effect

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With world population at 7.5 Billion with only 40% having an internet connection, the information multiplicative effect on global economies...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Elite efficiency

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A recent paper (1) studies the “distributional preferences of the elite” and makes a somewhat obvious (startling to them) conclusion - “the...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

The human syndrome

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The human syndrome, a disease that has been with humans ever since they arrived, has been declining for several centuries. A complex phenome...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Fusion, it is here (almost)

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Ever since a brilliant member of the Homo Erectus produced fire for the first time nearly 2 Million years ago, their descendents have been...
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Accreditation revoked?

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The famous school in Philadelphia, that has produced many capable people in politics and business, appears to be running out of steam. Its r...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Advanced society

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As the astrophysicists look for advanced intelligence across the universe, it may be worthwhile to reflect what an advanced society may loo...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Superior Agnosticism

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A recent study that uses conventional metrics to show a positive correlation between atheism and intelligence, may be erring in the scienti...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Selective Bayesian Updating

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Confirmation and conformation biases, symptoms of a disease that is eating into science and technology, have wrecked havoc in many areas in...