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  • Systems Science Rules (almost)! [edited]

    George Rebane I’ll step right out there and put my foot in it – there is not a single significant area of human endeavor that is not a strong subscriber to or totally transformed by systems science.  Yes, but how do you define ‘significant’?  I define it simply as the domains of knowledge that are…

  • Consensus on Global Warming is “Shattering” (PG-13) (edited)

    George Rebane More evidence on the global warming hysteria is now starting to pour in that corroborates what the technically-savvy skeptics have been saying for years – GW, and most certainly manmade GW, is not happening.  Anthony Watts and Russ Steele have been our northern California bellweather skeptics, and they have alerted us to the…

  • Ruminations – 22jul08

    George Rebane Scope insensitivity!!??   Well now folks, the politically correct wordsmiths have presented us with a new use for the word ‘insensitivity’ – a person is no longer ignorant or stupid, he’s just insensitive.  So an illiterate is just lexicographically insensitive; that sounds much nicer.  And an innumerate person, get this, is one afflicted with…

  • Singularity Signposts – 25may08 (updated)

    George Rebane Have you heard of cognition-enhancing drugs?  Well, if you drink coffee, then you’ve been taking one probably for years.  But now we’re getting into some serious new drugs coming to you from big pharma that promise to keep you alert, focused, and improve your concentration and memory by leaps and bounds. The technology…

  • “Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain”

    George Rebane Today’s New York Times article (‘Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain’ by Sara Reistad-Long) on brains of a certain age is glad tidings for all of us of the Happy Days generation long dissed by the younger set.  The bottom line of recently published research says that the reason we older…

  • Filecarding the Future

    Evan Jones, Guest Commentator* You have already outlined the problem: I agree with your description and analysis of the limited capacity of any individual. Where I differ with you somewhat is with your tinge of pessimism. Yes, if knowledge is wealth, we have amassed too much for any one man to carry. But we must…

  • BigDog – The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth

    George Rebane Looking at the video of this quadruped robot takes one right back to the StarWars films – only this isn’t fancy computer graphics animation but the real thing.  A big dog-like pack ‘animal’ that can handle difficult terrains, ice/snow, piles of concrete blocks, and recover from being kicked in the side while carrying…

  • Postcards into a Fearsome Future – A Dialogue with Evan Jones

    George Rebane The reader joining this dialogue thread in the middle may want to first read Evan Jones’ piece ‘Who Decides?’ on communicating climate change to the masses (published on Watts Up With That) to which I responded in ‘Who Indeed Decides?’ on Ruminations that drew a thoughtful reply from Evan Jones.  This piece seeks…

  • Singularity Signposts – 14mar2008

    George Rebane You’re walking down a busy city street and stop at a window that is displaying what the sign says is a Han dynasty bronze lamp.  Intrigued about the beautiful artifact of a bygone age you want to know more about the Han dynasty.  Without moving your lips or making a sound, you form…

  • A Thoughtful View of Climate Change

    George Rebane The following came in an email from a learned friend and regular RR visitor who lives in New Hampshire.  I think these thoughts frame so well the complexities and unknowns of the anthropogenic global warming and climate change issues that I wanted to share them in their entirety.  My responses to specific points/questions…

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