A Thought Experiment

Imagine that Mr. Aoi, a former community college teacher of Arbitrary Taxonomy, has just written a book (“The Color-Blind Paintingmaker”) alleging that the color “red” does not exist. Rather, it is a culturally-reinforced mass delusion, probably (according to Mr. Aoi) originating in man’s primitive desire to glorify warfare and violent sexual conquest by romanticizing blood, …

I Was Wrong About Global Warming!

Well, off by a few years.  I understood that Solar Cycle 24 had just peaked, and that we were already entering Solar Cycle 25, predicted to be one of the weakest on record.  Actually, 24 peaks in 2013, and 25 begins in 2019.  However, the peak of Solar Cycle 24 is still predicted to be …