Links for 2022-09-28
‘Something is seriously wrong’: Room-temperature superconductivity study retracted https://www.science.org/content/article/something-seriously-wrong-room-temperature-superconductivity-study-retracted
Two Puzzles About Computation https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.4880
Hermann Goering on the American war effort https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/09/hermann-goering-on-the-american-war-effort.html
“The Last Member of an Uncontacted Tribe: He lived alone in the forest for twenty-six years before dying last month. What did he experience?” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-last-member-of-an-uncontacted-tribe
“If you think a two year, million dollar, 1,000+ page environmental report simply to build new bike lanes in an already developed city seems absurd, you’re not alone.” https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-case-for-abolishing-the-national-environmental-policy-act/
“How Europe Stumbled Into an Energy Catastrophe.” “Not building out nuclear power” is the short answer. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/09/europe-energy-catastrophe.html
Czech Republic’s first small modular reactor could be built at Temelín by 2032 https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsczech-republics-first-smr-could-be-built-at-temeln-by-2032-10025944
Revealed: EU and Soros funded reports by 'Iran state-affiliated media' https://al-bab.com/blog/2022/09/revealed-eu-and-soros-funded-reports-iran-state-affiliated-media
Epistemic (scientific) rationality vs ecological rationality
Intelligence vs wisdom (@triangulation16)