Decoherency

The random blitherings of an astronomer

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Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Review : The First Kingdom

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I keep seeing Max Adams' books in bookshops and thinking, "hmmm...... naaah." I don't know why. Something just puts me off...
Sunday, 7 September 2025

Artificial intelligence meets real stupidity

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A wise man once quipped that to err is human, to forgive divine... but to really foul things up you need a computer. Quite so. Look, I love ...
Saturday, 6 September 2025

Review : Maidens or Monsters ?

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As promised, I'm following up on Chantry Westwell's Dragons, Heroes, Myths and Magic with her sequel, Maidens or Monsters ? The fo...
Saturday, 23 August 2025

The Calculator Moment

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A couple of years ago I speculated about the possible trajectories for AI development in terms of social impact. A recent article has remi...
Sunday, 17 August 2025

Review/Rant : Andor

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When Andor first came out I gave up after about twenty minutes. I enjoyed Rogue One a great deal, but I didn't feel the need for Cassi...
Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Review : Matilda

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I picked up Catherine Hanley's Matilda : Empress, Queen, Warrior in the gift shop of Durham Cathedral. Quite what the connection is wit...
Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Review : Superman

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Today, a quick snap review of James Gunn's venture into the normally angst-ridden world that is the DC comic universe. First some backgr...
Thursday, 3 July 2025

Review : The Brain

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I interrupt my mythology book reviews to turn to the completely different matter of neuroscience. David Eagleman's Livewired was one of ...
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