PostsCommentsalexbeyman in #philosophy • 4 days agoMorality Doesn't Determine RealityWay way back in the before times of the early 2000s, the culture war du jour concerned evolution versus Intelligent Design. So much has been written about, and as part of, this…alexbeyman in #ai • 27 days agoHow Do We Protect AI From Humans?Stable Diffusion In a recent interview, Sam Altman, the CEO of Open AI, said the following: I’ve been reading more and more of his talexbeyman in #energy • last monthThere Are STILL No Free LunchesAs a followup to my article explaining why water is not a fuel , but can seem like it to a layperson in certain applications, I thought I’d showcase two arguments I got into…alexbeyman in #evolution • last monthMutational Load is as Dangerous a Long-Term Threat as Climate Change. Why Can’t We Discuss it?Carl J. Yeoman, Nicholas Chia, Suleyman Yildirim, Margret E. Berg Miller, Angela Kent, Rebecca Stumpf, Steven R. Leigh, Karen E. Nelson, Bryan A. White 1,6 and Brenda A. Wilson, coalexbeyman in #travel • last yearPostcards From the Virtual World, Vol. 1: YayoiTravel blogs are played out. Dime a dozen these days. But what about a travel blog by someone touring the virtual world? Taking photos along the way to share with you, showcasing…alexbeyman in #climate • last yearCheating Our Way Out of Climate ConsequencesJohan C. Faust, Christian März and Sian F. Henley via Wikipedia Commons I had an interesting conversation recently. Whenever the long term consequalexbeyman in #science • last yearIs Water a Fuel? Well No, But Actually Yes. Sort Of?If you’ve ever had the misfortune of reading the comments under any Youtube video about electric cars or alternative energy, you’ve probably seen someone shilling perpetual…alexbeyman in #crazy • 2 years agoInteresting Crackpots Vol. 4: Gene Ray, Father of Time CubeMcGeddon, via Wikipedia Commons When the sun is directly overhead, it’s mid-day where you are, but roughly six hoursalexbeyman in #history • 2 years agoInteresting Crackpots Vol. 3: Hanns Hörbiger, Father of World Ice TheorySmithsonian Libraries via Wikipedia Commons If you read volumes one and two of this series, you likely noalexbeyman in #history • 2 years agoInteresting Crackpots Vol. 2: Alfred Lawson, Father of LawsonomyAudrey Nowakowski via Wikipedia Commons Alfred Lawson seemed a natural follow up toalexbeyman in #history • 2 years agoInteresting Crackpots Vol. 1: Wilhelm Reich, Father of OrgonomySvoboda, Antonin via Wikipedia Commons Record Scratch* “Yup, that’s malexbeyman in #diy • 2 years agoHow to Power Your Fridge Off Your Electric CarAuthor’s own photo What could anybody possibly need a wall outlet in their car for? Aren’t there little inverters sold at Harbor Freight or at truck stops you can plug into thealexbeyman in #diy • 2 years agoMore Underwater Hamster HabitatsAuthor’s own photo The previous article on this project did reasonably well,alexbeyman in #space • 2 years agoSurviving in Domes on a Warmer Earth Will Prepare Us for MarsPixabay I of course don’t mean to suggest we abandon efforts at reducing carbon emissions and repaialexbeyman in #science • 2 years agoWhy I Build Underwater Habitats for HamstersAuthor’s photo Probably you have many questions. I know this because I’ve heard them all, in the course of this project. For example, “How do they get air?” Via an air compressor oalexbeyman in #future • 2 years agoWhere’s My Hoverboard??Wikipedia Commons (modified by author) No, I don’t mean those stupid hands-free segways.alexbeyman in #nasa • 2 years agoNautilus-X, NASA’s Cancelled Interplanetary ShuttleWikipedia Commons One of the most tiresomely common questions I’ve seenalexbeyman in #transportation • 2 years agoPersonal Rapid Transit: Driverless Pods of the (Retro) FutureWikipedia Commons The future of transportation was a lot of things before it was driverless cars. Many ofalexbeyman in #philosophy • 2 years agoHomo Sapiens, the Self-Domesticating Animalsource For the past 62 years, Lyudmila Trut and her team of geneticists have been running what is arguablyalexbeyman in #future • 2 years agoWe Don’t Have Much Longer to Become a Type 1 Civilizationsource For those not in the loop, the Kardashev Scale is a system of measurement invented by Sov
