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Category Archives: Science and Society
Posts on all things scientific; biology, evolution, all the way to computer science (when it’s not about programming or applications), and also some pieces on politics and society in general.
Bear = Yeti? Bigfoot? Sasquatch?
Ever wondered where the theories of Yeti, Bigfoot and the likes are coming from? I think they might have been bear sightings (unless of course there was some odd – human – fellow living out there in the wilderness).
I mean, imagine this guy walking past you late one night… no wonder if you start spreading rumours of strange “creatures” in the wilderness…
Should I store my credit card in a smart phone wallet?
Should I store my credit card in a smart phone wallet?
NO!!
Why?
Because if your phone gets hacked its NFC (Near Field Communication) equipment can be used to read the credit card data.
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Saturn’s hexagonal storm
Did you know there’s a storm on Saturn’s north pole that is shaped as a hexagon?
So, what is this? Alien tech? Are we living in the matrix?
Most likely none of the above…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJD6bIfFXKQ
Here’s an example of how this happens in a fluid:
And here’s how a wobbly drill bit can create a pentagonal hole in a piece of metal:
It’s still amazing although it’s most likely not alien nor the matrix!
Google glass – resistance is futile!
See the similarities? I think the BoRG collective has arrived and become board members of Google!
Surveillance society
Police: You’re under arrest for treason!
Citizen: Why?
Police: You are having a dream about assassinating the president.
Citizen: But that’s not the president! It’s my father… with a president-mask.
Police: OK, then it’s conspiracy to commit murder…
Citizen: OK.
National Soul
Do I believe in a national soul? Sure, I believe in a national mind too, and I believe a bunch of those national minds should visit a therapist…
Update: One of the problems with discriminative speech is that you’re not always realizing you’re doing it. The above comment can be interpreted as some nations have mental problems. Or in fact, since nations cannot have mental problems, it must be their population that does.
By using the wording “some nations” it can further be suggested that not all nations have this problem, opening the door for an interpreter to put their favorite hated nation into the “some nations need therapy”-column.
I wrote the above lines because they sounded funny. Now that I have contemplated them, I realize they aren’t that funny at all. Or perhaps it’s because the political climate is getting colder, and I was unable to detect the discriminative/racist interpretation before.
Regardless… right wing extremists: please don’t use the above words as a slogan! Everyone else, read some more on this blog and I hope you’ll realize that I might be mildly anti-American (hey! you need to hear that shit!) but far from racist or discriminative.
What’s good for you nerves…
What’s good for your nerves may not always be good for your results, and vice verse.
Facebook… center of the universe?
I just stumbled onto Facebook (it wasn’t my fault!) and when I wanted to leave I had to press an “are you sure you want to leave Facebook” button.
So, I checked and still today Facebook isn’t part of the standard model of physics and it doesn’t seem to be part of any of the big religions… so yes, the universe WILL survive without Facebook.
I clicked, “YES I want to leave” and I’m still here!
More Dangerous than a Criminal
An officer of the law that breaks the law is more dangerous than a criminal.