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Philip Machanick

Philip Machanick

Ever since I first heard about fusion, it’s been 40 years in the future. It still is.

We have a great working fusion reactor already. It’s called the sun. If only there was some way to harness its output in a meaningful way…

1 min readJun 5, 2023

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But who is to do this?

The US is not going to stump another Marshall Plan.

1 min readJun 5, 2023

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The problem with being in 100% control of the information space is what happens when it so…

That sort of collapse is liable to be sudden and catastrophic.

1 min readDec 5, 2022

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A number of ironies.

Many in the West saw this as a rerun of Afghanistan 2.0: the Russians would roll in to no resistance and the leadership would flee the…

1 min readSep 14, 2022

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Interesting way of looking at the world.

This explains why inequality is such a societal destabiliser. If you see “unwealth” – the gap between what you have and what you desire –…

1 min readAug 13, 2022

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Way before January 6, I published this book (available free on Kindlke for a few days – read and…

The US has a very strange president with a cult-like following. His skin is a tad orange and his hair looks like plastic. Evidence starts…

1 min readJul 20, 2022

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How about “I’m not a racist but…”

Or: “I don’t have a racist bone in my body.” Wow. Racism is a bone? Does it show up in X-rays or scans? Can it be surgically removed? Is it…

1 min readMay 30, 2022

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Being overweight is not a recipe for health.

Accepting that it is a problem but not a moral criticism is the starting point.

1 min readDec 12, 2021

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Intersting contrast to South Africa today.

1 min readOct 11, 2021

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Rather headline as “unbelievable and fake” – originally told as an April Fool’s story.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-parking-attendant/

1 min readOct 11, 2021

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Philip Machanick

Philip Machanick

I am a computer science associate professor and work in bioinformatics. I promote sustainability, do science communication and campaign for human rights.

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