Incommensurability: Mostly Harmless
The incommensurability thesis of Thomas Kuhn is mostly harmless and mostly trivial. Think about something else. You’ve only got one life.
Will Fissile Materials Lead to a Fizzle Summit at Hanoi?
Dismantling North Korea’s fissile material production facilities has become the metric to assess the second Kim-Trump summit at Hanoi. That risks a fizzle.
The Quantum Moment, Roads to Reality, Wittgenstein and All That
On the cultural impact of quantum mechanics, physical reality and the completion of quantum mechanics, and the wonderful life of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Washington Announces Intent to Withdraw from the INF Treaty
Might Russia and the US have tacitly agreed to end the INF Treaty, and is all the action really on ground launched intermediate range missiles in Asia?
Hans Blix Redux: US Wants Full Declaration of North Korea’s Uranium Enrichment Plants for the Second Kim-Trump Summit
John Bolton demanded Iraq provide a declaration of its WMDs but invaded anyway. For the second Kim-Trump summit Bolton calls on North Korea to do the same.
Dissuasion and the Logical Fallacy in Trump’s Missile Defense Review
The 2019 Missile Defense Review is based on a growing missile threat, yet the Review claims missile defence dissuades states from growing their arsenals.
Iran’s Failed Simorgh Launch of the Payam Satellite
Why did Iran’s launch of the Payam satellite fail, and was it really a disguised ICBM test?
Has North Korea Made New Nuclear Weapons Since Singapore?
It would seem North Korea has been making new nuclear weapons since Singapore, but then again it seems not.
Kim Jong-un’s New Year Address for 2019
What does Kim Jong-un’s new year address suggest is in store for nuclear North Korea in 2019?
North Korea’s Clarification of Denuclearisation and the Yeongjeo-dong Missile Base Controversy
Pyongyang’s denuclearisation clarification and the Yeongjeo-dong controversy underscore a need to change the way we think about nuclear North Korea