Randomness Made to Order, part 1

[Note to reader: This is a sequel to my widely-circulated 2021 essay “The Great Solar Bleed-Out Scam”; for the sake of readers who have forgotten or never read that earlier essay, I include it here.]

April 1, 2021: Dr....

A few weeks ago I was minding my own business, peacefully reading a well-written and informative article about artificial intelligence, when I was ambushed by a passage in the article that aroused my pique....

I’m a great believer in low-tech math. I don’t like to rely on things a computer tells me; what if there’s a bug in the code? I prefer trusting things that I can check for myself. At the same time, I’m keenly aware of the limits of my imagination even when it’s aided by paper and pencil. Sometimes I need a computer to show me things I can imagine myself imagining but...