This was an excellent recap of a busy week! Funny that I've always said to people that you couldn't pay me to watch Fox "News". Now I learn I could have been paid to NOT watch it! Missed opportunity for me. Lol!
Having now owned two Teslas, I can say with confidence that they have a ways to go before the cameras show ghosts. My cameras think everything (mailboxes, signs, people, etc.) are traffic cones! Where's that article? ;-)
I hadn't heard about "Prehistoric Planet" yet, but after watching that trailer I am VERY excited to see this!
I enjoy the weird items that the Tesla "sees". But that story very much reminded me of the xbox Kinect also seeing "people" who weren't there. The paranormal is in the glitches.
I suppose "controversial" would be a better descriptor. There was a huge amount of skepticism regarding this site because it hit the media without the data being peer reviewed in the sci lit. DePalma's reputation at the time was not great. It felt like "science by press conference" hype. The promise of the site is extraordinary but it's not clear yet what's here.
I just listened to a radio program we have in NZ called Mediawatch – they were examining surveys about trust in various institutions. Apparently one of the reasons that people don't trust new services is that they perceive there is too much "opinion", and not enough "fact", and that many sources don't distinguish between the two often. Apparently the comment was that they just want the "facts". That would fit in with the perception of the weather channel I imagine. :)
This was an excellent recap of a busy week! Funny that I've always said to people that you couldn't pay me to watch Fox "News". Now I learn I could have been paid to NOT watch it! Missed opportunity for me. Lol!
Having now owned two Teslas, I can say with confidence that they have a ways to go before the cameras show ghosts. My cameras think everything (mailboxes, signs, people, etc.) are traffic cones! Where's that article? ;-)
I hadn't heard about "Prehistoric Planet" yet, but after watching that trailer I am VERY excited to see this!
I enjoy the weird items that the Tesla "sees". But that story very much reminded me of the xbox Kinect also seeing "people" who weren't there. The paranormal is in the glitches.
Weekly Weird News for 8 April 2022
FYI - minor typo on the Hollidaysburg "witch" story...
...She called back several times unaware that she was making a <thread.>
Fixed. Thanks, Jim.
Why is the Tanis fossil site called "infamous?"
I suppose "controversial" would be a better descriptor. There was a huge amount of skepticism regarding this site because it hit the media without the data being peer reviewed in the sci lit. DePalma's reputation at the time was not great. It felt like "science by press conference" hype. The promise of the site is extraordinary but it's not clear yet what's here.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fossil-site-captures-dinosaur-killing-impact-its-only-beginning-story-180971868/
I just listened to a radio program we have in NZ called Mediawatch – they were examining surveys about trust in various institutions. Apparently one of the reasons that people don't trust new services is that they perceive there is too much "opinion", and not enough "fact", and that many sources don't distinguish between the two often. Apparently the comment was that they just want the "facts". That would fit in with the perception of the weather channel I imagine. :)