Key in the cognition

07:13 pm - Why we're all doomed

Imagine a game with these rules:

1. the game lasts for a finite amount of time (T);
   
2. any player can choose to opt out at any time, which is equivalent to losing;
   
3. the number of possible winners (W) is a small fraction of the total number of players (P);
   
4. when the game ends, if the number of remaining players (R) is greater than the maximum possible number of winners, they all lose, but otherwise they all win.
   

Current Mood: pessimistic

11:13 am - Here we go again

Despite having wreaked havoc by tampering with things we don't understand on countless occasions, it seems we humans just can't bring ourselves to stop. One of the 6 ideas that Esquire claims will change the world is the idea of sequestering the CO₂ we generate (from burning fossil-fuels to generate power) under the ocean's depths. They quote Kurt House saying "there isn't any major life at that depth" but there's no way that he nor anybody else can know this since we haven't been able to explore those depths yet.

Current Mood: cynical