With the American Medical Association and medical journals such as Lancet now joining the delusional leftists and their scientific fairy tales, it is becoming more difficult to separate medical fact from fiction. As a counterweight, there is a great posting
Category: Engineering
Cicadas Everywhere
Given the quantity of these “17-year locusts” (exaggerated just a little: cicadas) that we have around our house, we must be in the prime area infested by these insects in Ohio. These large pests, which look like 3″ super-sized flies,
Does AI Mean ‘Augmented Intelligence’?
Update Here is someone else catching up with these unrealistic expectations for AI… A researcher for Microsoft has exclaimed in an interview that “AI is neither artificial nor intelligent“. At the same time, I discovered this article in Quartz talking
Is Anything Else Happening in the World Besides COVID?
The orderly control of pandemics always starts with quick and reliable testing as well as proactive and selective prevention… Neither of which are being practiced with the response to COVID. It appears that the current state of medical uncertainty (i.e.,
New Bird Arrivals in the Front Yard
I noticed the Robin’s nest in my ornamental blue spruce near our front door. After having the mama-bird squawk at me, I was able to get close to the nest to snap a photo. The first image of the three
Was There Massive Election Fraud in 2020 Election?
Update Think about it, many of the Democrat politicians decided to make bald-faced lies about the recently updated election laws in Georgia (which are now on par with the election laws used by many other States in the USA), crying
Changing the 100 Amp Fuse in a Toyota Camry
I discovered that many electrical items were not working in the faithful 2000 Toyota that we’ve had in the family for 17 years. I opened up the fuse box in the engine compartment (see below) to check the status. I
Practical Application of Statistics & Data Analytics
The press is bubbling with excitement about machine learning, statistics, and data analytics. However, for the rank and file, the applications of these techniques are not intuitive. Here are some interesting applications for recent emotional public events in the election
Perception of Time at the Intersection of Neurology & Physics
With the invention of digital computers, the notion of time as a universal construct has become extremely pervasive. Most data are recorded and retrieved with the construct of a date/time stamp. For example, when people review their bank accounts, they
One More Engineering Joke
How many nuclear engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? Seven. One to install the new bulb and six to figure out what to do with the old one for the next 10,000 years.