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Elections, For Their Part, Are Typically Popularity Contests Rather Than Measures Of Candidates' Relative Competency Or Effectiveness. Imagine If Scientific Truth Were Determined According To Which Scientist Was Most Popular. To Be Successful, Scientists Would Have To Be Charismatic And Attractive - And Human Knowledge Would Suffer Terribly.

Another Random Thing I Do Is The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Or Seti. And You May Be Familiar With The Movie 'contact,' Which Sort Of Popularized That. It Turns Out There Are Real People Who Go Out And Search For Extraterrestrials In A Very Scientific Way.

For Relatively Modest Amounts Of Sulfur Dioxide Injected Into The Atmosphere, You Could Easily Cool Earth By 1% Or More, If You Want.

A Blowtorch Is A Wonderful Thing. You Can Get One Of Those For About 25 Bucks At Home Depot. And There's A Ton Of Things That You Can Use A Blowtorch For, In Browning A Steak Or Touching Up The Browning Of A Chicken Or Making Creme Brulee.

My Career At Microsoft Really Was Getting In The Way Of My Cooking.