PHYSICS OF A FORWARD PASS
I HAVE LONG ASSUMED GYROSCOPIC ACTION was responsible for the stability of a football’s spiral pass. Well, it turns out yes and no, as described by Regina G. Barber, Rachel … Continue reading
PHONY MATH CITATIONS
THE QUALITY OF A RESEARCH PAPER, in mathematics as well as other areas, is often assessed by counting the number of other scholars who have referred to the paper. Alas, … Continue reading
VAMPIRIC NUMERICS
I’M NOT PARTICULARLY INTO BLOODY TALES; I love garlic; and I’m not adverse to mirrors nor crosses. But by training I am a mathematician and can thus understand arithmomania, a … Continue reading
KUDOS ALL AROUND!!
HIGH PRAISE TO NASA AND ITS OVERACHIEVEMENT! On April 19, 2021, NASA’s helicopter Ingenuity made history in completing its first powered, controlled flight on Mars. As noted by NASA, “Designed … Continue reading
ROSSUM’S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS REDUX
“ČAPEK’S ROBOTS” EXPLORED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE here at SimanaitisSays back in September 2017. In reviewing Karel Čapek’s 1920 play R.U.R., the article asked, “Will its advancement be to mankind’s good or … Continue reading
THE PHONY—AND THE SERIOUSLY PHONY
HAVING ONCE EXPLORED “Comparative Mendacity 101,” I feel qualified, sorta, to separate phony from seriously phony. This pertains to concepts as well as people. Here are tidbits about this perhaps … Continue reading
DAVOS A.I. WARNING
THE VOICE OF AMERICA WARNS ON JANUARY 10, 2024, “A.I.-Powered Misinformation is World’s Biggest Short-Term Threat, Davos Report Says.” World Economic Forum, a Davos Annual Event. “The World Economic Forum,” … Continue reading
DRESS CODE BROKEN (YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST)
SORTA. SIMANAITISSAYS WAS LESS THAN three months old when it posted “Travelers’ Code,” November 5, 2012. And now Popular Mechanics, January 2, 2024, posts “A Woman Hid This Secret Code … Continue reading
ON ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE maintains a lively Member Community, one of its active members being Ronnie Hawkins, whose PhD in Philosophy and MD combine in her … Continue reading
A.I. GETS CHALLENGED LEGALLY
IT WAS INEVITABLE: A MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATION suing a purveyor of Artificial Intelligence. Indeed, there are multiple layers in this, given that SimanaitisSays gleans information about this matter from one of … Continue reading
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