Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
AI may indeed be a fantastic new tool, but with it comes new personal risks. One that you really do need to be aware of is termed “Cognitive Surrender”. What is that? I’ll come to that shortly. Like many of you, I am finding real value in AI. Not in some abstract futuristic sense. I … Read more
I do wonder if the line that defines a distinct technology gap is marked by those that see kids with phones and respond with a shake of their head as they mumble about it eating their brains, and those that don’t notice because they are busy surfing the web on their mobile. There is a … Read more
When I’ve previously written about Mars One, the Dutch proposal to send people there on a one-way trip, I’ve expressed a considerable degree of doubt that the entire enterprise was in any way a realistic proposition, and while I would truly love it to be real, I’ve never thought it was, there are simply too … Read more
Sometimes technology has very unexpected and surprising side effects. Not sure what I’m on about? OK, let me relate to you a real-life recent example. We all love Printers … but they run out of toner or ink, and until you order more, your need to render your beloved electronic text into flat-dead-tree format is … Read more