Are some people counting on stuff like this so much that we do not do much now to cut emissions? “If pulling CH4 from the ground is only getting more expensive, and the energy needed to pull it from the… Read More »Solar Energy Solves Global Warming
Noone knows. But we have some ideas?
Or milking spiders. Yuck.
And some math.
Volcanoes can be good. “And this is not just a story of “there are plenty of people in Asia”. Java has a bigger population than Japan! Even by Asian standards, Java is just extremely densely populated.” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-is-java-so-weird
Had no idea it used to “protect” Rome.
Mointains make you alive but also poor. “High altitude and lots of rainfall together make for big population centers that are poor, because the mountains make transport very hard and expensive, which means there’s very little trade and very little… Read More »Egypt vs. Ethiopia
Is it this simple? “Not every civilization will bother to invest scarce resources in projects that by the nature of light-speed lag and distance can do them no direct good. Furthermore, light-speed lag and distance mean that child civilizations must… Read More »The Fermi Paradox, Percolation, and Inbreeding
Luck is just Probability. [The Art of Manliness] How to Use Probability Hacking to Achieve Your Goals https://podcastaddict.com/the-art-of-manliness/episode/213848459 via @PodcastAddict
Statistics and stuff. “The first written mention of a controlled trial can be found as early as the 7th century BC in the Book of Daniel 1:11-16. The eponymous prophet asks the steward of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, for… Read More »In Praise of Observational Evidence