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
It always comes down to culture and values. “You can’t turn a cheat into a scientist by making a rule against cheating. The most important “rigor-enhancing practice” is caring about getting things right, and without that, nothing else matters.” https://www.experimental-history.com/p/shame-them-shun-them-ban-them-beat
Physics is weird.
So we are now programming brain cells to play Doom.
“Imagine an infinite hose”. Why ideal physics does not work in real world for details.
Fun, disgusting and important information.
World is scarier the more you know.