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Submission Summary: 0 pending, 44 declined, 8 accepted (52 total, 15.38% accepted)

Submission + - MIT Professor questions CO2 causing Climate change

Amigan writes: Richard Lindzen (Prof Emeritus MIT) and William Happer (Prof Emeritus Princeton) have published a paper entitled "Physics Demonstrates that increasing Greenhouse Gases cannot cause dangerous warming, extreme weather or any harm"

In the paper they point out that scientific evidence concerning GHG is ignored, while opinion is substituted for science. They also point out how/why Net Zero is a flawed policy.

"It is astounding that one of the most complex questions in physics (namely, the behavior of a multi-phase, radiatively active, turbulent fluid) should be labeled by the government — and funding agencies it controls — to be so settled that skeptics are silenced. The models supporting the climate-crisis narrative make predictions that utterly fail to match the observations of what they purport to predict. This failure means in science they should never be used. Unfortunately, this peculiar situation is particularly dangerous because many world leaders have abandoned the science and intellectual rigor bequeathed to us by the Enlightenment and its forebears.
Thus, the scientific method is very simple and very profound.
Does the theory work with observations? If not, it is rejected and not used."
Math

Submission + - Mathematical formula killed Wall Street?

Amigan writes: "Entitled Quants gone Wild , the financial meltdown of Wall Street was caused by a single math formula (Gaussian copula function). From the article: "For five years, Li's formula, known as a Gaussian copula function, looked like an unambiguously positive breakthrough, a piece of financial technology that allowed hugely complex risks to be modeled with more ease and accuracy than ever before. With his brilliant spark of mathematical legerdemain, Li made it possible for traders to sell vast quantities of new securities, expanding financial markets to unimaginable levels.""
Security

Submission + - Computer Software to Predict the Unpredictable (uanews.org) 1

Amigan writes: "A professor, Jerzy Rozenblit at the University of Arizona is awarded $2.2Million to develop software to predict the unpredictable — specifically relating to volatile political and military situations. From the article: "The software will predict the actions of paramilitary groups, ethnic factions, terrorists and criminal groups, while aiding commanders in devising strategies for stabilizing areas before, during and after conflicts. It also will have many civilian applications in finance, law enforcement, epidemiology and the aftermath of natural disasters, such as hurricane Katrina.""
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft patents HUD for cars (tinyurl.com) 1

Amigan writes: "Ars Technica is reporting:
United States Patent Application 20070194902 from Microsoft is titled an "adaptive heads-up user interface for automobiles." The patent app says that the heads-up display (HUD) could be used for a variety of tasks, or "elements," like displaying navigational information, information about a driver's health, speed of the car, and media such as iPods or CDs."

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