Curves in space
Things are different out there.
Articles Tagged with science fiction
Old science fiction
The trouble with predictions
It didn’t happen that way, but we enjoy the stories in spite of that.
Destroying the world (almost)
The narrative imperative
Telling the story
We notice that novel-writing and movie-making are different from Physics and History.
The danger of the best
A village in space
The importance of being there
Indirect arguments
Simple is not always true
A common feature of paradoxers is a confusion between a simple argument and a correct one.
A surfeit of features
No one uses them all
Digital cameras, like calculators, have an immense menu of features. It’s certainly rare, and possibly unknown, for anyone to use them all. Why have them, then?
Why a forecast discussion?
More than numbers
Weather forecasts are much more reliable than they used to be, mostly thanks to more powerful computers. Input from people is still important, though.