Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

TRUST THE SCIENCE: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial kept secret: Report. “A 6-year-old Chinese girl died last year after receiving an experimental gene therapy to correct a non-life-threatening condition, according to an investigation by Science and Retraction Watch.”

THE LEFT ALWAYS PRETENDS THAT ITS EXTREMIST MINORITY VIEWS ARE ACTUALLY THE NORM:

TRUMP’S SUCCESS and AI’s Bias. “The apology is welcome, but it would be better if AI programs didn’t regurgitate liberal talking points in the first place.”

BRIAN WANG: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Had a Miracle. “SpaceX Starship flight 13 had a miracle happen. The landing of Starship was so soft that the fires did not cause an explosion. Starship stayed intact. It did not explode. Every prior Starship was destroyed and exploded when they went into the ocean. The wealth of information from an intact 18000 tile heat shield and the pattern and amount of damage is going to help SpaceX learn a lot. This massively increases the likelihood that flight 14 will be completely successful for catching both the booster AND the Starship. Certainly flight 15 or 16 will be completely successful and we will enter an age of fully and rapidly reusable Starship by the end 2026.”

LET’S HOPE: SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM IS THE ANGEL OF DEATH FOR CANCEL CULTURE. The subtext was clear to her aspirant cancelers: I hear you, I see you, and I don’t care. This is 2026, not 2016.

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ICYMI: NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:

ENSHITTIFICATION IS REAL:

WHEN I WROTE FOR USA TODAY THEY PRIDED THEMSELVES ON FAIRNESS AND FACT-CHECKING. Of course they gave up on both, which is why I left.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

“THE POLICE WANT IT, THEREFORE WE SAY NO.”

LIFE NOT UNENDING: Ultimate Limit of The Human Lifespan May Be Identified, Study Suggests. “new study suggests immortal life may be scientifically impossible, even if we somehow found the perfect anti-aging medicine. If scientists managed to overcome every other aspect of aging, humans still couldn’t live forever, the new research shows. Random DNA mutations would continue accumulating in our cells until the body could no longer function. Simulations conducted by a team at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Russia suggest this process could impose a fundamental limit on human lifespan, with most people living no longer than about 150 to 190 years under this optimistic scenario.”

TODAY’S STARSHIP LAUNCH WORKED: