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The Mediocrity Principle applied to civilisations would suggest we're not the 'special' first one here. We thought we were special in lots of ways that we've since had to abandon h…

Best ban everything that can be misused by terrorists... cars, knives, encrypted messaging.

Good point about the public involvement. The public and the news systems are part of the problem. I've lost count of how many 'battery breakthrough' articles I've come across, but …

Looking good is, sadly, better rewarded than doing good in many areas of life. It's doubly sad that this affects our body of scientific knowledge. Even claims that are reproduced c…

I had the same same thing with the much less erudite Stranger in a Strange Land. Re-read it 20 years later and was disappointed. On the positive side, I should consider how much I'…

Regarding taking aspirin when you get chest pains, I believe the current advice is to chew an aspirin (300mg) as it is more quickly absorbed via the lining of the mouth.

So, turtles all the way then ...