Cognizant Transmutation

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation The debate continues as to whether ISPs can effectively filter DNS results in order to protect brand and copyright holders from online infringement.   What were debating now is just whether controlling DNS at the ISP level would work at all and whether the attempt to insert such controls would damage Secure DNS (sometimes called…

Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future Dead-end experiments. Useless drugs. Unneeded surgery. The truth is, our scientific stories about causation are shadowed by all sorts of mental shortcuts.   Not really science, just the way our assumptions get in the way of the scientific process.Via www.wired.com

Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future Science fiction writers and fans are prone to lauding the predictive value of the genre, prompting weird questions like ‘‘How can you write science fiction today? Aren’t you worried that real science will overtake your novel before it’s published?’’ This question has a drooling idiot of a half-brother, the strange assertion that ‘‘science fiction…

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation Ohio officials order that four fluid-injection wells be “indefinitely” prohibited from opening because of heightened seismic activity.   Dr. Won-Young Kim, one of the Columbia University experts asked by the state to examine possible connections between fracking and seismic activity, said that a problem could arise if fluid moves through the ground and affects “a…

Via Scoop.it – Internet of the absurd In 2011, the Dilbert cartoonist decided that it was time to confront his aversion to physical risk. What might some audacity and adventure bring? A few minor injuries, he reports, but also the pleasure of overcoming anxiety and apprehension.Via online.wsj.com