My son took a similarly disturbing question (see title) to an LLM, and this is the reply he got: Q: Can you give me an overview of how HIV was apparently ‘decoupled’ from AIDS in the 80s – as people … Continue reading
**No, I don’t fully agree with the framing, though the underlying worries about AI and strained institutions are serious and shared by many thoughtful people.** Humanity faces real, elevated risks right now, but calling this “the most dangerous time in … Continue reading
I put a question to ChatGPT. My question and its answer are given below. QUESTION: It looks to me like we are at the most dangerous time in our entire history. Not only do we have (in the West mostly) … Continue reading
First heard this guy on April 17th, 3 days earlier than usual.
I was doing a bit of self-Googling, as you do (sorry Vicar) when up popped the Grokipedia article (link below). Now for about 10-seconds I thought this was going to be nothing more than my Wiki page with a bit … Continue reading
Title: The Golden Solid Angle: A Three-Dimensional Extension of the Golden Ratio Abstract: The Golden Ratio (φ) and its planar analogue, the Golden Angle (α), are well-known mathematical constants that appear widely in Nature, design and geometry. In this short … Continue reading
This morning I built up a switch box with 12V display meter to bolt onto the 12V 20A PSU for the dome rotator. All wired up – taken out to the observatory – connected up to the dome rotator black … Continue reading
From mid-day tomorrow the New Forest Observatory will have its own YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@TheNewForestObservatory
Has actually been answered by Bertrand Russell. If you have seen my past ramblings on this subject then you will have read that I concluded that God would exist if the Absolute Infinite existed, and I left it there. I … Continue reading
If you look at the basis of life right back to the first stromatolites – it’s DNA all the way back. I have no problem with that. What I do have a problem with is that it’s continued to be … Continue reading
