Correlation does not imply causation. “Sleeping eight hours a day keeps you healthy and makes you healthy” is a good example of this type of causal fallacy. Studies show that the healthiest people sleep approximately 8 hours per day. I don’t argue with that. I do argue with the cum hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin [...]
I mentioned this in a previous post “First Novel in 10 Years” , about the potential paths of future human evolution, but I would like to put that into more perspective. The evolution of human life is not only exponential, but exponential exponential. That is, the rate of change is increasing at a faster and [...]
State of Fear, by Michael Crichton I have just finished the first novel I have read in…in I don’t know how long. In ten years or so. I generally just stick to non-fiction. Good books are hard to come by in The Philippines. Sure there are some good book stores in Manila, but there is [...]
Having recently, with the essential help of my lovely wife, brought a child into this World, I am beginning to think not so much about what the future will be like for me as the years unfold, but what the future will be like for my offspring. I want my son to grow up to [...]