Nothing Ever Happens To Me

Re-reading the Name of the Rose recently, a substantial subplot involves the heretic movements that often wracked Christendom. It seems, looking at medieval and ancient history, that this sort of thing happened all the time! People would get swept up in an ideological craze, usually spearheaded by some charismatic preacher or figurehead, but often these…

A thought experiment Imagine if you were Josef Mengele, or someone like him (But competent, Mengele was probably a sadistic twit. You are Mengele but smart). You are entirely without any moral limitations in your search for your scientific goals. Now imagine you are highly favoured by your regime, a triumphant Nazi-like empire that has…

A couple of days ago I had to remove a couple of ticks off a pet (The trick is you twist ’em round and round until they let go rather than popping them off with brute force and risking the head coming off in the skin) I was not even slightly tempted to stick ’em…

A conservation story made possible by low grade corruption.

Friendly AI could be compared to a cat lady.

(Some of these may be equivalent or the same thing!)