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If we fail to defend that right for speech we dislike, we will lose it for the speech we do like
Alexei Sayle: an MP called for him to be removed from Desert Island Discs. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Alexei Sayle: an MP called for him to be removed from Desert Island Discs. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Sun 23 May 2021 06.00 EDT
A Tory MP demands that the comedian Alexei Sayle be dropped from
Desert Island Discs for his supposed antisemitism. With the hashtag #KaufmannOut, students at Londonâs Birkbeck College demand an âinvestigationâ into lecturer Eric Kaufmann for his âwhite supremacyâ. Essex University apologises after a damning report on the cancellations of meetings by academics Rosa Freedman and Jo Phoenix for their âtransphobicâ beliefs. In America, Associated Press sacks journalist Emily Wilder after a rightwing campaign against her pro-Palestinian views. Just another week on the free speech front line.
10 Proposed Solutions To The Problems Of Interstellar Travel
Right now, interstellar travel and colonization is pretty unlikely. Basic laws of physics suggest that it just can’t be done, and for many people, that means it’ll never be done. Those people are no fun. Others are more idealistic, looking for ways to break the laws of physics (or at least find a loophole) that will allow us to travel to distant stars and explore whole new worlds.
10 Alcubierre Warp Drive
Anything called a “warp drive” might sound like it’s more at home on
Star Trek than in NASA. Nevertheless, the Alcubierre Warp Drive is an idea that they’re kicking around as a possible solution (or at least the beginning of a solution) to overcoming the universe’s restrictions when it comes to moving faster than light.