Thought I'd comment on the tech stories so you might want to stop reading now if that's not very interesting. There may be some theology later.
Mobile phones are now as dangerous as coffee or pickled vegetables. This particularly applies when driving.
The Germans are abandoning nuclear power. (Apparently it's for political reasons - Angela's only friends are the green party) This is bad in the short term as no-one can get enough renewable energy yet, so it's down to fossil fuels for a while. Possibly shale gas if they can stop making earthquakes in Blackpool. Sadly, an increasing amount of CO2 in the sea is making clown fish deaf. Poor Nemo.
See - if they bothered to condense news like that it wouldn't take so long to read. Would still sound mad though.
I want an electric car. One that you can plug in at night. But also has a fossil engine for long journeys. And for now the electric should come from nuclear fusion. Except nobody's bothered to invent it. Why did it take just 11 years to go from nuclear fission bomb to nuclear fission power, whereas we've been waiting 57 years since the H-bomb for fusion? Somebody needs to try harder! I know gravitational confinement is unlikely, and inertial and magnetic are still being tried, but really, come on scientists! At this rate we will have decent solar cells first.
Now theology. Listened to an Unbelievable? podcast on Christian physicalism. Whether the soul is an immaterial aspect of a human being or whether it's merely the information pattern of physical components that dies with the body but can be resurrected later. I've thought the latter for many years, but that's apparently not a popular point of view, and the Catholic theologian didn't buy it.
It's a bit late for that kind of thing now. Thankfully I have a shed with some music, a glass of Shiraz and still 76% battery on my iPad.
Location:Shed
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