by Prometheus | Oct 27, 2016 | Societal impact of advancing technology
There seems to be a consensus that the pace of technological development will become exponential in the foreseeable future but very little coherent advice on what to do if its effects become seriously destructive for civilisation. Apparently we are expected to assume...
by Prometheus | Oct 26, 2016 | Global Warming, Societal impact of advancing technology
Forecasting has a spotty history; spectacularly successful for the few but disastrous for many, and opining on the validity of forecasts is arguably the most odiously subjective science of all. But global warming is occurring, so we have to, don’t we? We can say that...
by Prometheus | Oct 26, 2016 | Habitable Exoplanets, Probability of extra-terrestrial intelligent life
The discovery of a new exoplanet is becoming a frequent hyper press event, which never fails to provoke general excitement and speculation. Astronomers claim to have detected about 3,500 exoplanets in total so far, while guesses as to the number of potentially...
