Italy, and really much of the EU, has been sadly anti-nuclear energy. One brave Italian spoke against this trend
read more L’Avvocato Dell’Atomo: In difesa dell’energia nucleare – Luca Romano
Nearly 20 years old now, this book of pseudo religion does not hold up all that well.
We are all fascinated by aliens, but what can we reasonably expect them to be like?
I am pretty happy to be reading a book of Pinker’s that was written well before he went out to
We live in a world that gets scarier the more you learn about it. It also gets more interesting.
I came into this with a whole lot of hesitation. The problem is that my ‘to-read’ list is now hundred
read more The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg
As far as I can tell, Janelle Shane wanted to put a cute and cuddly face on Artificial Intelligence, and this is exactly what the field needs.
Intelligence is communal. I asked around, and apparently this makes sense.
read more The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone – Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach
A guide to my body is exactly what I have always been wanting. I am not sure this book fulfills that desire.
You can define your education by answering the question “Name notable figures from the Romantic period”. The answer, apparently, should all be scientists.
Failures in Polymathy 