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The Final Nail in the Coffin for the “I” in “AI”

Posted on October 5, 2026 by Greg Parker

You will see in the post below, in an encounter with ChatGPT that was very much like pulling teeth, that I finally got the AI to admit that I was the discoverer of the Golden Solid Angle. That in itself … Continue reading →

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Why You Should be Extremely Careful in Attempting to use Current AI in Anything Approaching Serious Research

Posted on October 4, 2026 by Greg Parker

GREG:   what can you tell me about the golden solid angle   The golden solid angle is a three-dimensional extension of the traditional golden angle that partitions the total surface area of a sphere in the golden ratio. New Forest Observatory … Continue reading →

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Harwell Drama

Posted on September 27, 2026 by Greg Parker

I am collecting anecdotes for a forthcoming Autobiography (which will be years in the making) and like the fishing story from Devonport wharf, this is another incident I will never forget. I left home at age 19 in September 1973 … Continue reading →

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Indistinguishable from Magic

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Greg Parker

My Dad was out in the Northwest Frontier in WWI doing plate photography! I have just a few surviving images that were transferred to photographic paper as the hundreds of plates he had were all destroyed when my parents were … Continue reading →

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Controlled Nuclear Fusion

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Greg Parker

If you look on YouTube you will see a lot of recent hype on the progress in controlled nuclear fusion reactors. Without seeing progress I guess the funding would soon dry up, call me cynical. The first nuclear fusion experiment … Continue reading →

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High-Resolution A1 Print of the Sombrero Galaxy Courtesy of Hubble

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Greg Parker

I just saw an image of the Sombrero galaxy taken by Hubble on X. Prompted me to download the highest resolution image I could find and print it out at A1 size on the HP Designjet T230. Here is the … Continue reading →

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ChatGPT Discussion on DNA Origins

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Greg Parker

Why Life Appeared Early and Only Once: A Discussion This document explores the paradox of life’s early appearance on Earth and the absence of new life forms over the last 4 billion years, with a focus on the panspermia hypothesis … Continue reading →

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On Being a Photon

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Greg Parker

Imagine you are a photon. You suddenly come into existence, and without the passing of any time, and without travelling any distance, you suddenly disappear again. Did you even exist? Well you must have done because an astrophotographer on planet … Continue reading →

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Markarian’s Chain Composite

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Greg Parker

This is everything I have on Markarian’s Chain from the original Hyperstar, the Hyperstar III, the Hyperstar 4, and the Sky90 array. Must be more than 20-hours in total, probably more than 30. So why doesn’t it look a lot … Continue reading →

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Sub-Exposure Time AND the Number of Sub-Exposures

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Greg Parker

I have just seen a bunch of YouTube videos on this subject, and they are all pretty confusing and worse still, contradictory. The issue of sub-exposure time (and the number of subs) is something I have worked on with Noel … Continue reading →

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