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How Drug Cheats Stole My Dreams

When I was a child I loved athletics, right up until my mid teenage years an obsession ran through my veinslike a gushing, babbling brook. I loved all things athletic

Dreaming Among The Stars - Whatever Happened To Virgin Galactic?

In the summer of 2004 the English billionaire tycoon Sir Richard Branson announced plans for his vision of commercial spaceflight, Virgin Galactic. He claimed that

Orwell's Surprise - A Brave New World Of Self-Surveillance

I grew up in the pre-internet era, in a time when conspiracy theories existed but didn't get propagated in the efficient manner in which they do nowadays. One of

The Killer Within Us

There is a tiny silent killer among us, it surrounds us everyday polluting our water and our food supply, however together we can stop it. Plastic pollution awareness

Seven Reasons Why Brexit Won't Happen

Next week will mark the first anniversary of the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom. For those of you whom aren't aware, Brexit is the name we gave to the decision

What Do Non Smokers Do At 3AM?

I have been up for about 45 minutes now, it's 03:29 GMT and I'm wide awake. When I was a smoker I would simply have got up, rolled a fat joint, smoked it and gone

A Flat Earther's Rough Guide To Winning A Nobel Prize - Solving The Sun Below The Clouds Problem

I think it is appropriate that the toughest problem the flat-earth 'truthers' face, is the one we tackle last in our Rough Guide series. In fact if I may be so bold

A Flat Earther's Rough Guide To Winning A Nobel Prize - Overcoming Rayleigh: Why Is The Sky Blue?

We are coming to the end of our Nobel Prize winner camp for flat-earthers, we have been on a hell of a ride whilst learning how to blow holes in the glober myth

A Flat Earther's Rough Guide To Winning A Nobel Prize - Sub Solar Seasoning

By now you should be well on your way to proving why the sun appears to 'set' when it actually doesn't, you have rewritten the laws of physics to accommodate your

A Flat Earther's Rough Guide To Winning A Nobel Prize - Eclipsing Logic

OK we're really heating up here! So far we have discussed how, amongst other things, by disproving the distance of the sun to the earth; and explaining why things

A Flat Earther's Rough Guide To Winning A Nobel Prize - Much Ado About Gravity

Hopefully after reading my article yesterday, you are fully on your way to become a world famous, Nobel prize-winning physicist. However there is still much work

A Flat Earther's Rough Guide To Winning A Nobel Prize - Tackling The Sun Problem

If you are a flat-earther, then you are probably frustrated at the lack of appreciation for your observations about the world we live in. You can't understand how

Tautology - A Tale Of Two Tales

Tautology; such a lovely word, the sound, the feel of it building deep from within the throat, a delicate sine wave rolling pleasantly across your tongue. Briefly

Graduating The University Of Dunning-Kruger - Smart Enough To Be Dumb

Socrates once said, the only thing I know, is I know nothing. Upon hearing that for the first time it intrigued me that such a wise philosopher would utter such

A Brief History Of The Birthday Effect With Stephen Hawking

Two days ago Professor Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76; quite coincidentally he died on the same day Einstein was born, which I found to be random but pleasing.

Monkeys Playing With The Emperor's New Charts

Technical analysis of the stock market has been taking place for probably as long as it has been around, as computer hardware and software has improved, so too have

Bitcoin army

I really dont know how to caption this. It was fun doing it

Cryptogee Musings - Table Of Contents #2

The Cryptogee Musings represents a stroll around some thoughts that have been rattling around inside my head, some for days, some for decades. They pose questions

Killing Bitcoin With A Million Sob Stories

It could reasonably be argued that the only constant in human society, is change. Throughout recorded history we have seen customs, traditions and beliefs come and

War On The Blockchain - The Era Of FUD

Perhaps it can be argued that anytime there is the potential to lose money, that fear, uncertainty, and doubt will not be far behind. Therefore it is no surprise