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Whenever I hear the nonsense about ‘manned space flight’ I have to cringe.每当我听到有关胡说八道'载人航天'我不得不低三下四。 Here’s why这也是为什么

• The budget for space exploration is finite.预算的太空探索是有限的。
• Any money spend on manned missions can not be spend on real space science.任何金钱花费在载人飞行任务不能花在真正的空间科学。
• No science has come from any manned missions (except for studies of human space physiology).没有科学的来自任何载人飞行任务（除研究报告人类太空生理） 。
• Manned missions cost orders or magnitude more that robotic missions but yield no scientific results.载人飞行成本的命令或规模以上的机器人任务，但收益率没有科学的结果。
• Manned missions have and will cost human lives.载人飞行任务的成本和将人的生命。
• All hard scientific results so far have been obtained by inexpensive (compared ... Continue Reading »所有硬科学成果迄今已获得了廉价的（相比...继续阅读»

I’ve just put some vegetable soup on the burner (yes, I am a vegetarian, but that’s another topic) and have 20 minutes until things are cooked.我只是把一些蔬菜汤的燃烧器（是的，我是一个素食主义者，但这是另一个问题） ，并有20分钟，直至煮熟的事情。 ‘Thought I’d use this time to put down some thoughts on current American Drug Policy.思想我想利用这段时间放下一些想法目前美国药物政策。 Basically, it is irrational and counterproductive.基本上，这是不合理的，适得其反。 The government has no business telling people what to do in the privacy of their own homes as long as no third party gets hurt.政府没有告诉人们企业应该怎样做的隐私自己的家园，只要没有第三方会受到伤害。 That’s true for the bedroom, the living room and the front porch.这是真正的卧室，客厅门廊前。

For a rational discussion and alternate approach to public drug policy see the current ... Continue Reading »一个理性的讨论和候补委员的办法，公众禁毒政策看到目前...继续阅读»

The observable universe began in a gigantic explosion about 13 billion years ago.观测宇宙开始于一个巨大的爆炸，大约13亿年前。 This explosion created everything now known, including space which is currently in an accelerating phase of expansion.这一切发生爆炸造成目前已知，包括空间目前正处于加速阶段的扩张。

About the major mass-energy ... Continue Reading »关于质量的主要能源...继续阅读»

Let’s define a bias as a pre-conceived notion that may not have any correlation to reality.让我们确定一个偏见预先设想的概念，可能没有任何相关的现实。 Everyone’s thinking is subject to such biases which have deleterious effect on decision making, problem solving and learning abilities.每个人的思想是受这种偏见产生有害影响的决策，解决问题和学习能力。 Here’sa list of biases to be aware of下面列出的偏见必须意识到

The confirmation bias leads us to try to prove our existing notions and hypothesis. 确认偏见导致我们试图证明我们现有的概念和假说。 Rather than critically looking for evidence that contradicts our pet hypothesis, we try to confirm ... Continue Reading »而不是批判寻找证据，违背了我们的宠物的假设，我们试图确认...继续阅读»

A couple of thoughts about religion and superstition in general:一对夫妇的想法宗教和迷信的一般：

It is not an honor or distinction to believe in something for which there is no objective evidence.这不是一种荣誉或区别相信的东西，没有客观证据。 I am happy to loose any “faith contest” with anyone because I am skeptical about any proposition for which there is no verifiable evidence.The effects of religion and superstition on human society are overwhelmingly negative.我很高兴地松散的任何“诚信竞赛”与任何人，因为我怀疑任何主张，没有核查evidence.The影响的宗教和迷信，对人类社会绝大多数都是负面的。 This is a rather obvious fact and no deep insight.这是一个相当明显的事实，并没有深刻了解。 Nonetheless, if you stated this fact, it would immediately disqualify you from elected office, at least in the然而，如果你指出这一事实，将立即取消您当选公职，至少在
US of the early 21 ^st ... Continue Reading »美国早期的²¹世纪...继续阅读»