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AI has now reached Socratic Intelligence

Ontario-geofish [2024-12-24 20:29:00]   recommend this post  (151 visits)

 I would call that Socratic Science reasoning.  That's looking out your window and coming up with an explanation, and then doing a linear extrapolation for the future.  With finance, that's called 'momentum [...]

Cold blob gets shoved out to sea

Ontario-geofish [2024-12-22 12:45:00]   recommend this post  (137 visits)

 A slow, dry cold blob.  Not very much, and now we go into Arctic recharge.  Might get snow when the warmer air comes in.  A nice Christmas break for me, and I can't see myself writing for a while.They're bringing [...]

About that Saurophaganax paper

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [2024-12-22 13:15:25]   recommend this post  (136 visits)

Newly out in VAMP: Danison, Andy D., Wedel, Mathew J., Barta, Daniel E., Woodward, Holly N., Flora, Holley M., Lee, Andrew H., and Snively, Eric. 2024. Chimerism of specimens referred to Saurophaganax maximus reveals a new species of Allosaurus [...]

ANCIENT ARAGONITE: FOSSIL PEARLS

ARCHEA [2024-12-22 20:05:00]   recommend this post  (136 visits)

One of my favourite pairs of earrings are a simple set of pearls. I have worn them pretty much every day since 2016 when I received them as a gift. What is it about pearls that makes them so appealing? I am certainly not alone in this. A [...]

Heroic gravel

Oakland Geology [2024-12-23 16:56:06]   recommend this post  (133 visits)

This has been an interesting year, 2024. I started traveling more, and I did a lot more just looking around as I patrol the town on foot. I’ve especially been savoring the sky. There’s a time of day when every building looks heroic, and December [...]

Ding dong, the wicked cold is dead!

Ontario-geofish [2024-12-23 12:30:00]   recommend this post  (130 visits)

 Today we give a Christmas gift to all the warmies in nice top positions.  The cold is over forever.  The temperatures are going up to lobsterize all of us.  Your jobs are secure, there will be no pitchforks and [...]

Inertia at Year's End

Fossils and Other Living Things [2024-12-22 19:08:00]   recommend this post  (128 visits)

With my accumulated years, the deepening gloom of late December brings a lassitude, an ebbing of motivation.  Writing a new blog post at year's end seems a daunting challenge.  In his old age, Walt Whitman acknowledged that, even as his heart [...]

Cladophlebis denticulata Plant Fossil

Louisville Area Fossils [2024-12-23 04:02:00]   recommend this post  (124 visits)

This image is of a Cladophlebis denticulata (Brongn, 1828) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Scarborough, England, United Kingdom. Fossil was on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna [...]

Nilsonia compta Plant Fossil

Louisville Area Fossils [2024-12-25 04:19:00]   recommend this post  (117 visits)

This image is of a Nilsonia compta (Phill.) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Scarborough, England, United Kingdom. Fossil was on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches [...]

Todites williamsoni Plant Fossil

Louisville Area Fossils [2024-12-24 04:03:00]   recommend this post  (108 visits)

This image is of a Todites williamsoni (Brongn, 1828) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was discovered in Scarborough, England, United Kingdom. Fossil was on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna [...]