Satellite Thermal Engineer, retired. My avatar: think what might be the inclination of Blaise Pascal over time in his constant moral plane. Apply that pressure (-_^) to mock those who think they are above criticism.
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Mar 30 2025
Grok Evaluates “Bodyoids” Challenge to Ethics
I took another look at my request of yesterday about the article in question from MITTR. It occurred to me that in my usual attempt to be concise, it confused the AI. (On essays in the past more than a few readers have told me I’d lost them too.) So I went back and explained …
Mar 29 2025
Even Grok 3 Avoids DC Thoughts
After reading Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine, subtitled “Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.” [emphasis added to notice how animal welfare is, to some, of higher concern than human] from the illustrious MIT Technology Review, I formed a question for X’s AI. Weigh the challenge …
Mar 27 2025
Masses of People And A Dwindling Divide
I am often pleased with what I read and hear from Douglas Murray, primarily because he runs circles around most all Leftists, from radical to near, he confronts. The following promo for his new book — the last two words of which you surely know caught my eye — left me wondering where he is …
Mar 26 2025
Attention To This Oddity
I have a small breakfast every morning that I insist be a half grapefruit. While visiting in California, I purchased a bag. It was from Florida: normal, juicy and sweet. When I returned home to Florida, the bag I purchased was from California: smaller, dryer and more tart. Do truckers have a lock on shipping …
Mar 26 2025
Baroque By Steps
This may be the most widely recognizable of Bach’s compositions. As I saw this as a fascinating way to “finger” an organ, it serves as a lighter start to my day than the usual.
Mar 08 2025
Grok 3 On Trump’s Gordian Knot Moves
I refer you to Fran Porretto’s excellent Knots which fully engaged my own thoughts. It prompted me to seek some deeper thoughts from AIs. Brave’s LEO under-performed. But X’s Grok actually laid out a quite thorough analysis. I asked Grok 3: In what ways could Trump’s moves revive classical liberalism as a legitimate party. Assume …
Mar 06 2025
An Outlier’s Solution To Ukraine
The following was re-posted at FB, I do not have a link to the original source. But the very outrageousness of some of the suggestions at least provides some humor while, at the same time, actually provides some seeds for suggestions. Mike Kupari @RocketPulpHack I have a bold proposal for the Ukraine situation, a grand …
Mar 05 2025
Grok 3 on “Deep State” Part 2
I had a run in with this AI over a math pattern recognition problem (see first comment.) It wasn’t all that hard. But when clicking on the Grok icon, the answer it provided was illogical, actually got a zero grade for all its additions, and declared that the majority of responders (having the correct answer) …
Mar 05 2025
Grok 3 on “Deep State”
Earlier today I click on the Grok 3 Icon on a post that mentioned the label Deep State. Even though Grok is an X platformed AI, it still retains Leftist biases. It identified Deep State as a conspiracy theory. So I decided to try to add some anti-bias. Here is my request: You should not …
Mar 01 2025
For Fans of Fran’s Novels
Fran’s foresight with Polymath and Statesman Readers of these two novels may have casually noticed how the alliance between genius Todd Iverson and politician Stephen Sumner, the protagonists of the 4th and 5th Realm of Essences series, parallels what’s developed between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. But there’s a catch. The personal character traits of …
Jan 27 2025
We Gotta Repair The Electoral Process
Because if the Left ever swindles its way back in, surviving the next gulag is terribly unlikely. It surely will be worse than this.
Jan 25 2025
Even X’s AI, Grok, Finds Faults With X’s Moderation Policies
I discovered that X provides a link to Grok to provide incite (!) to all posts. So I decided to try it out for my post that attempted to get better support. The post did nothing on its own. But bringing Grok into the picture did. I even pushed it further by asking follow-up questions. …
Jan 22 2025
The Chronicle of the DC, 21Jan25: Canada More Deadly Than US Gunfire
I’ve got a big problem with the source of my report today. Guns Don’t Kill People. Canada Kills People. Written by Tom Knighton, it was published, ostensibly, to compare the number of deaths due a combination of Canada’s MAID (Medical Assistance In Dying) and Canadians succumbing due to delays in obtaining medical care, versus the …
Jan 20 2025
Now All Pardoned Must Answer Congress
The one-way street continues for the Leftists and RINOs (all truly SKUNCs) serving the outgoing regime. It did all to the Right and its families that it fears for itself. Hence, blanket pardons — an admission of guilt. “These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing,” Biden wrote in a statement, …
Jan 17 2025
Common Scheme: Subtly Introduce Perversions To Naifs and The Unwary
Gentle Readers: In order to revive the best parts of our cultural legacy and protect any of it that still remains, the following summary of behavioral observations must not be shrugged off. I have written, most recently here, about the mechanism social engineers use — specifically induction — to attract small segments of humanity to …
Jan 14 2025
Liberals Are Conservative In The Worst Way
I’ve on many occasions observed that the conservative view is naturally fractured by two forces inherent in the aphorism: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. One of these is the desire to leave to our legacy a world at least as well-off as that with which we were blessed. The other is “don’t rock …
Jan 02 2025
Chronicle of the DC, 2Jan25: Carter’s role in subjugation and food scarcity
Tim Hunter provides us the following recap of Carter’s role in destroying Rhodesia and in guaranteeing the long marxist rule by Mugabe over that devastated breadbasket. In a sane world, it [American aid] would have been given. Rhodesia was free, with personal and property rights generally protected and respected for white and black alike. It …
Dec 23 2024
How Can Men Of Decency Not Be Angry Beyond Measure?
Yes, I’m still fuming of over the commutations of death penalty in the name of the President of these United States. And in the process, those in authority had the audacity to claim it was in keeping with religious faith as if they themselves wouldn’t like to kill off so many more of us today. …
Dec 23 2024
Chronicle of the DC, 23Dec24: Preserving Agents of Murder
The puppet of the 3rd term of the Obama Regime just commuted the death sentences of some of the country’s most notorious murderers. It makes sense for a regime that is totally committed to reducing human lives. Being criminal themselves, perhaps they expect they’ll never be held account either to the level they deserve. It’s …
Dec 21 2024
Chronicle of the DC, 21Dec24: Inviting In Lethal “Viruses”
Richard Fernandez posted the following short pair of observations on FB. While he did not specifically call this out as a Death Cult operation, the effects of multicultural policy adopted throughout the Western World have been unmistakable. For added insight, Wretchard speculated on the Catch 22 that legitimate refugees face after escaping to the West.
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