Knowledge is spread today freely over the internet with the exception of science and engineering. The current model of scientific discover is that you figure something out, you write about it, submit the paper for review, once it is accepted it is published in a scientific journal, and then they ask for money to look [...]
I like Obama because he is the first nerd president. He said at recent thing with kids and science that: As president, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering. And I also want to keep an eye on those robots in case they try anything. He is probably the [...]
The Western world is having trouble with treating Islam fairly. The Swiss people have voted to ban Minarets from the country. This is only one in a long series of inequities that go both ways in an ever evolving relationship between the West and Islam. In a post-9/11 world we in the West see confrontation [...]