The term “UFO” (or “UFOb”) was first coined by the US Airforce in the early 1950s under USAF Regulation 200-2 as a generic signifier for any sighting of an airborne object that is not yet identified. After further investigation most UFOs turn out to be known aircraft, meteorological or astronomical phenomenon, or hoaxes, but there…
UFO’s for Wavy Navy
26th September 2017The Bermuda Triangle
19th September 2017Sail north from San Juan, Puerto Rico, across the Tropic of Cancer toward Bermuda, and you’re skirting one edge of the fabled Bermuda Triangle. Miami is usually considered the third point of the Triangle, although even the experts on the region can’t agree on its borders. This adds to the mystique and makes an exact…
What Is Sentience?
12th September 2017What Is Sentience? If you’ve been following the news of late you know that the sentience of artificial intelligences is a hotly debated topic in the halls of government, institutions of higher learning, and even in our houses of worship. Unfortunately, in each of those settings the definition of the term varies somewhat. To make…