My series on evolution began last Sunday with  THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGION .  But before I get into Humanity, some speculations on the future of the Iran War:  I asked Google AI: How long do you think the Iran War will last? Not much of a response:    The duration of the war will largely depend on the success of these targeted strikes, Iran's ability to resist, and the willingness of all sides to seek. Repeated what has been mentioned in the past: President Donald Trump expects the war to last 4 to 5 weeks. Israel thinks this will go on for months. Iran wants a slow, protracted war of attrition. In other words, who really knows how long the Iran War will last. The weekend price of WTI crude oil is $99.30/barrel and Brent crude at $103.89/barrel.  Google AI:  what do you think the price of oil will be early this coming week and into the future? Bullish Pressure : Continued military activity near Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz is keeping supply rest...

On this record 43rd day of the government shutdown,  the House, after a 54-day recess, will finally vote to restart .  President Donald Trump will sign this legislation. However, this  Epstein matter has returned . Sure Trump knew about Epstein and underage girls,  but did The Donald also participate? It was in Trump's first term that this brouhaha gained notice, and you would think that any documents of his involvement were deleted then. So any demands for more details from the White House now, as is being demanded by Democrats, will not provide any condemning information.  But why, then, is this being withheld? Then again,  maybe Elon Musk found something,  or the Biden administration somehow snuck away incriminating evidence. I asked Google AI to count the number of Epstein "survivors," and the feedback was more than 1000.  However, the  Miami Herald  only identified around 80 underage victims between 2001 and 2006.  These surviv...

Would you believe it was 1863 when 27-year old novelist  Samuel Butler,  in an essay on Darwin Among the Machines, expressed serious concern that highly advanced machines might pose existential risks to humanity? The upshot is simply a question of time, but that the time will come when the machines will hold the real supremacy over the world and its inhabitants is what no person of a truly philosophic mind can for a moment question . In 1920, a play,  R.U.R . ( Rossum's Universal Robots ), by Czech author Karel Čapek, coined the term  robot .  They began to replace human workers, leading to a violent revolt against their  Homo sapien  masters.  Fritz Lang's 1927 film,  Metropolis , had humanoid robots fighting the capitalist oligarchy.  Click on that link to watch the entire 2 hour 29 minute production.  Fine quality, silent, of course, but with good audio sounds.  Portions of the original were lost, and only in 2008 found....