Mohamed ElhossamyWhat’s the worst economic disaster in European history?It’s 1710 and John Blunt is an economic genius and a sociopathic schemer. He wants to get filthy rich and to do so he hatches a brilliant…Jan 3, 2023Jan 3, 2023
Mohamed ElhossamyIs AI an existential threat to humanity?If the concern is that the AI systems will decide to take over and maybe to kill us all, this is not possible with the current AI…Jan 2, 2023Jan 2, 2023
Mohamed ElhossamyHow do people get rich?For most people, to hit a million or so, in a year or two, you have to do all of the following:Dec 21, 2022Dec 21, 2022
Mohamed ElhossamyWhat would happen to the human body if it were suddenly placed in the deepest part of the ocean?Contrary to wild speculation that you’d be flattened or crushed up like a can and your bones reduced to gravel, surprisingly little —…Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022
Mohamed ElhossamyHow fast would a bowling ball have to be moving to escape Earth’s gravitational pull enough to make…It’s a common mistake to think that you have to “escape Earth’s gravity” to get to the moon. This will come as a surprise to the moon…Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022
Mohamed ElhossamyWhat is an intuitive explanation of an effective field theory?Generally, an effective theory that is used to describe a system consists of a mathematical model that focuses on the relevant physics of…Dec 19, 2022Dec 19, 2022
Mohamed ElhossamyWas the Enigma code broken because the Nazis kept signing all their messages with “Heil Hitler” at…A: There were a whole lot of weaknesses in the Enigma code system, not just of the “Heil Hitler” type. Basically, the weaknesses were of…Dec 19, 2022Dec 19, 2022
Mohamed ElhossamyIf a time machine took me back to the late Carboniferous period, could I find safe food, water and…Ladies and gentlemen. Please fasten your seatbelts. We are about to depart to the end of the Carboniferous period, 359–299 million years…Dec 19, 2022Dec 19, 2022