• Scientists Claim: We Are Living In A Computer Simulation

    The Technocrat mind that is given over to such vain speculations should never be trusted to deliver scientific solutions that potentially effect all of society. It’s time for rational people to “just say no” to their schemes and dreams. ⁃ TN EditorWhat if everything around us — the people, the stars overhead, the ground beneath our feet, even our bodies and minds — were an elaborate illusion? What if our world were simply a hyper-realistic simulation, with all
  • Leaving France? Expect ‘Eco-Tax’ On Your Flight Out

    France claims that airplane contrails (ice crystals) contribute to global warming and therefore travelers should be punished with an eco-tax to offset their destructive travel habits. ⁃ TN EditorFrance will introduce an “eco-tax” of up to €18 (£16.19) on tickets for all flights leaving the country, the government has announced.
    Transport minister Elisabeth Borne told a news conference that the €180m (£162m) it is expected to raise
  • Ripped: Pre-Crime AI Bigger Scam Than Psychic Detectives

    Technocrats believed their own twisted logic and it came around to bite them. For all hype, promises and millions spent, predictive policing is finally being recognized as a total scam. ⁃ TN EditorLaw enforcement agencies around the world have recently begun extricating themselves from expensive, ineffective predictive policing systems. The machine learning equivalent of psychic detectives, it turns out, simply doesn’t work.
    AI can’t predict crime
    In Palo Alto, California a thr

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