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"Number Theorist Fears All Published Math Is Wrong".

"The 10 Hardest Math Problems That Remain Unsolved".

"Mathematicians Race to Debunk German Man Who Claimed to Solve One of the Most Important Computer Science Questions of Our Time".

It really is a kind of miracle that any of us are here.

For our Homo sapien ancestors, concentrated almost entirely in Africa and southern Asia, life could have become very challenging indeed. In fact, genetic evidence suggests that between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago, our species experienced an extreme population bottleneck, plummeting to as few as 2,000 to 10,000 individuals . . .

Most of 'em are quite funny, but the patented diaper-changing machine--if it works, which I seriously doubt--would be a huge hit.

You'd think they would learn.

You'd be wrong.

See also the excellent "Clearing the Air on Climate Change".

Once again, yet, still: modern physics is weird.

Related: "Where Quantum Probability Comes From".

Ethan Siegel presents an opposing view: "Quantum Physics Is Fine, Human Bias About Reality Is The Real Problem".

Technology apparently solves a another problem

I'll second this motion.

UPDATE: link fixed now.

Arguments for and against the "Kardashian Index".

. . . I think it’s time that we develop a metric that will clearly indicate if a scientist has an overblown public profile so that we can adjust our expectations of them accordingly. In order to quantify the problem and to devise a solution, I have compared the numbers of followers that research scientists have on twitter with the number of citations they have for their peer-reviewed work.

It seems as though the theory will need to be modified. (Don't worry. Liberals are good at that.)

Related: "Michael Mann's Tree-Ring Circus".

Also see "Is $201 Less Income Growth Each Year a Global Warming Catastrophe?"

Longtime readers know that I always write "Give the points and bet on Big Al". Well, it may--may--be time for an exception.