PinnedDownfall: The End of Putin’s RussiaAfter more than twenty years of autocratic rule, murder, human rights abuses, and unbridled aggression against his neighbors, Putin’s chickens have come home to roost! Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade (in which case, I envy you!), you’ve been kept apprised of the events in…Russia7 min readRussia7 min read
PinnedPersonal Milestone: I Finally Get Relativity!In life, it is good to set personal goals. Not just the big and life-changing kind, mind you, I’m talking about the little things that help you to measure your growth as an individual. A few years ago, I set one of these little goals for myself: I wanted to…Physics5 min readPhysics5 min read
Published indata-driven fiction·PinnedA Humble Attempt at Predicting Future HistoryA fictitious timeline of the future, from tomorrow to 1 billion years from now. There’s an old saying by Kierkegaard, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” I’ve heard this adage many times, except that the word “history” was always substituted for “life.” This is…Science Fiction15 min readScience Fiction15 min read
PinnedA New Scale for Classifying Intelligence?In the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), there are many limiting factors. These go beyond the usual technical limitations, where SETI researchers are reliant on existing radio telescopes that can only be used for limited amounts of time. …SETI2 min readSETI2 min read
PinnedThe Decline and Fall of the American EmpireThis is an opinion piece, but an informed one (if I say so myself). I invite debate and contradiction, but I ask that people not write in and call me “biased” because this offends their political or patriotic sensibilities. If you disagree, please tell me where I’m in error (preferably…America7 min readAmerica7 min read
4 days agoWhy Fears About AI Are MisplacedWhy the trope about a ‘robot uprising’ is still so popular, and why people shouldn’t take it so seriously. In 1818, Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein was published. The novel captured the public imagination with its popular themes of the “mad scientist” who violated the laws of nature and paid…Robots6 min readRobots6 min read
Nov 10Your Fascist Future: A Guide to America in 2025Some serious thoughts and hard questions about the prospects for the 2024 elections and four more years of TFG! So… the other day I was informed that data obtained by the New York Times and Siena College polls indicated that Trump is actually leading Biden in the polls. As someone…2024 Elections6 min read2024 Elections6 min read
Oct 30An Eye for Eye… Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does.“An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind.” Chances are, you’ve heard this quote, which is typically attributed to Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi. While it’s not clear that he ever said these words, they do summarize his philosophy of pacifism. …Code Of Hammurabi4 min readCode Of Hammurabi4 min read
Oct 29Episode 57 — Space is for All: An Interview with Space Policy Analyst Ruvimbo Samanga — is now Live!This week, I finally got the chance to sit down and speak with a rising star of the modern space age, renowned space policy analyst Ruvimbo Samanga. Samanga began her journey by earning her Master of Law and participating in the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition. In 2018…Advocacy2 min readAdvocacy2 min read
Oct 22Episode 56 — “The Ancient Astronaut Theory — is now Live!This week’s episode is dedicated to a theory that is both fascinating and highly controversial. This theory is that in the distant past, extraterrestrial explorers may have visited Earth and even influenced our evolution (cultural or biological). Known as “paleocontact,” this idea has been explored extensively in science fiction, which…Aliens2 min readAliens2 min read
