FROM MOTHER EARTH TO YOUR CAR’S TANK; SLEUTHING ADDED PART 1
IT’S QUITE THE COMPLEX TRIP from Mother Earth’s petroleum resources to the fuel tank of your car, the diesel truck delivering your goods, or the airliner transporting you one place … Continue reading
EDUCATING US ALL ABOUT A.I. PART 2
IN PART 1, CHANCELLOR MARIE LYNN MIRANDA’S Science Editorial promoted educating us all about optimizing our use of A.I. Today in Part 2, we offer examples of why this is … Continue reading
EDUCATING US ALL ABOUT A.I. PART 1
“THE GREATEST RISK is not that A.I. will eliminate jobs, but that its benefits will accrue unevenly.” This, writes Marie Lynn Miranda, Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in … Continue reading
SCOUT THE SCAM!
THANKS TO ANNABELLE MILLER, AN AMBASSADOR GIRL SCOUT of Greater Los Angeles, “Scout the Scam” enriches our knowledge of three crucial things: A.I. images, cookies, and online scams. This and … Continue reading
ON PLASTICS PART 2
YESTERDAY, ZOË SCHLANGER’S REVIEW OF BETH GARDINER’S PLASTIC INC got us ankle-deep in plastic bits. Today we explore the environmental aspects of this, quite apart from the squishiness. Health Aspects. … Continue reading
ON PLASTICS PART 1
TWO QUITE DISSIMILAR THINGS got me thinking about plastics: The first was “The Japanese Have A Word For It,” here at SimanaitisSays, April 3, 2026. The particular word is mottainai … Continue reading
I REALLY LIKE THAT SONG TOO, FROGGIE
HERE’S A TANTALIZING TITLE FOR A TECHNICAL PAPER: “Humans Share Acoustic Preferences With Other Animals,” by Logan S. James et al., AAAS Science, March 19, 2026. Science editor Sacha Vignieri … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR RENEWABLES PART 2
YESTERDAY Susanna Twidale celebrated renewables approaching the halfway point of global resources. Today in Part 2 we continue with a significant renewable not cited in her report. How About Hydro? … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR RENEWABLES PART 1
IN A WORLD BESET WITH AN UNJUSTIFIED (AND LIKELY ILLEGAL) MIDDLE EAST WAR, it’s encouraging that Susanna Twidale reports “Renewables Grew to Almost 50 Percent of Global Electricity Capacity in … Continue reading
A.I.’S MIRAGE REASONING—ITS LATEST HALLUCINATIONS
I’VE COME TO RESPECT GARY MARCUS’ knowledge and opinions concerning A.I. His latest analysis “The Mirage of Visual Understanding in Current Frontier Models,” Substack, March 29, 2026, introduces me to … Continue reading
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