Monthly Archives: Aug 2018

When someone is so smart they can’t answer a question

Richard Feynman was very smart. He was also a pedantic, so in this 6 minute clip he spends most of the time explaining how a question cannot be answered, while answering that same question more and more precisely: (Youtube) Feynman … Continue reading

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John McCain

I have previously written that I had changed my mind on McCain. So, reading about his passing, I find this summary to be most accurate: In a just world, a man like John McCain would be recorded in history as … Continue reading

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Andrew Wakefield

Andrew Wakefield could very well be reason 37 people died in Europe between January and June. Wakefield all but created the modern anti-vaccination movement with the research that was later characterized this way by the British Medical Journal: Who perpetrated … Continue reading

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Overvågning af danskerne

Husk regel nr. 2, 4 og 5: Alle registrerede data lever evigt, alle data, der kan sammenkøres, vil blive sammenkørt og de svageste bliver ramt hårdest af sammenkørsler. Så når Fagbladet 3F får fingrene i et arbejdsdokument fra et ministerium … Continue reading

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This was also interesting

A newspaper clipping from 1912 did its rounds last week and I’ll get to that. But this one was right below it and I found that interesting as well: Tiflis, or Tblisi as we would probably call it today and … Continue reading

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President and foreign influence

I am as usual late to understanding; to understand what that foreign power has on the president of the most powerful and richest country in the world. It should have been obvious that all the other claims were untrue: The … Continue reading

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Asking the real questions

I seem to see stories differently from, say, most journalists. This story, about an “exploding” iPad (battery) in an Apple Store, is barely interesting, especially after it turns out there wasn’t any panic and the store reopened the next day. … Continue reading

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Trish Regan

Congratulations to Trish Regan; a news anchor on a sub-channel to the main Fox channel of no consequence got the attention of the internet. And in Denmark, we got a chance to show our own superiority by ridiculing her. My … Continue reading

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QAnon

QAnon is an account that claims to have super-duper secret clearance access to the inner workings of the government and intelligence agencies of USA. For some reason, which most people who knows a bit about the craziness of conspiracy theories … Continue reading

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This is why you need editors

This juxtaposition is in all likelihood the result of an algorithm: On the left, an article about the death of at least 8 hikers in a flash flood. On the right, an article about the health benefits of hiking. Would … Continue reading

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