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Excellent! While I seem to spend most of my time apparently crying doom that is only doom for the current, aged version of the first democratic revolution. The lessons are actively being discussed. From the beginning I’ve seen this as the violent reaction to the first hints of 21st century, post scarcity, planetary culture. The threats are great but…

A Wonderfully Shocking Display of Ignorance

Well, I read this. I was hoping for some entertainment but it didn’t happen. Rather this was interesting in that it illustrated important causes for the failure of America. And I am not talking about failure of the educational system, in fact it is still…

The use of the term ‘ethical review’ without explanation is unfortunate. In this case it seems to be another example of sloppy peer review. The process needs to be clearly defined to indicate potential ethical and human rights issues without hindering analysis and confirmation of the scientific process.

Well, shit. Not only do we have things that start out being fake but even real stuff ends up being fake before it makes it around the block. Then the fake part corrupts the real part because our species is constitutionally unable to distinguish grey from black or white. We have only two categories for things so they have to be one or the other. And…

Good question but no one comes to mind

At the risk of being mistaken for the voice of doom, people don’t usually live in the void between two worlds. The problem is not the people, or the lack of standards, but the fundamental dissonance between world views. We have only an academic memory of this…

Well, religion is bullshit. Actually everything but scientific, empirically proven knowledge is bullshit. But that leaves out a lot of language and ideas that we need to pad the sharp edges of reality. I think only in the last generation we’ve begun to seriously strip away mythological bullshit from our interstitial linkage and padding and reconnect…

Science Fiction Has a New Problem

The Opposite of the Old Problem

Encouraging Small GMO Entrepreneurs

I’m glad I found this article. In Hawaii, as you note, our papaya industry was saved by genetic engineering. I understand the easy conflating of problems from late stage capitalism with GMO foods. Things become symbols and take on a life of their own. Your point on…