Trust me – there is a connection Every other Wednesday I spend the morning in a kind of salon where a bunch of us get together to discuss various aspects of science.  One is a retired physicist, another a geologist, another a physician, another a molecular biologist, and so on.  I am an outlier, as…

Human life differs from the rest of earthly life in one crucial respect: biological evolution has largely taken second place to cultural evolution.  Cultural evolution enables adaptations within a single generation that would take thousands of generations if brought about biologically, if they were possible at all.  We are the beneficiaries.  Below the fold I will…

From Daniel Ellsberg: “EVERY attack against Asaange and on @Wikileaks was also made against me and release of the PENTAGON PAPERS.” Thomas Jefferson would agree: “The diffusion of informatio­n and the arraignmen­t of all abuses at the bar of public reason, I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government­, and consequent­ly [one of]…

We are living through a very exciting time.  The Swiss bank that froze Wikileaks’ account has just had its website hacked and is not available.  May it stay that way.  Swiss banks are famous for making themselves available to criminals and dictators.  People who serve others?  Not so much.   The folks who hacked it…

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