Absolutely wrong. It's nothing to do with cod psychology, it's all to do with the history of science - particularly the Technocratic Movement and cultural power of science fiction on the popular imag… (View Post)

Evidence that political journalists might know a lot about politics, but they usually know the square root of b-all about elections (which is a much more difficult subject.) (View Post)

Some of us with more niche tastes are waiting up for the Wokingham Borough Council by election result.... no news of turnout, no word sfrom the street, nothing. (View Post)

Yes, but apart from the Hamilton by election, what do you think of the Trump-Musk conflict? (View Post)

I would go further - no organisation should ever be "lean"! There ought to be some slack or latency in every system so that it can cope when there is a surge in demand. I am delighted to se… (View Post)