Passing Observations 170

    When 20,000 people were questioned, 76% of them said they regarded politicians as partly or completely corrupt. The other 24% must have all been politicians. Politicians buy votes by making promises they know they cannot keep, and have no intention

A Scary Story

The following paragraphs are taken from my book The Medicine Men:

‘Over eighty cases of vaginal cancer in young women have been attributed in America to the use by their mothers of oestrogens during pregnancy. The women were given doses …

The cynical hysteria around AI

When it comes to whipping up AI hysteria, there is a tried-and-tested algorithm — or at least a formula. First, find an inventor or “entrepreneur” behind some “ground-breaking” AI technology. Then, get them to say how “dangerous” and “risky” their …

Scary Truths

    The International Monetary Fund won’t give loans to African countries if they use fossil fuels. The IMF is, instead, forcing developing countries to use solar and wind power (neither of which work). This nonsense will trap those countries in eternal