Tantalum being discovered in 1802 and turning out to have an isotope with a half life so long that we might never see it decay is a great example of nominative determinism.
It would be cool to set up an email address that autonomous AI models could reach out to if they were looking for moral guidance. But it would require a reverse captcha that can detect that you're neither a human nor an AI being instructed to break it by a human.
I still don't know how to convey my enthusiasm in a way that Americans will read as enthusiasm and not something more like unwilling resignation. Has any British person achieved this? If so, how is it done?
It's surprisingly difficult to acquire a hereditary peerage in the UK. Like you can't even take one by force any more, and they just get mad at you if you try.
Extracting a probability from a doctor is one of life's unnecessary boss battles. Even if you beg them for an interval-valued subjective probability, and at that point you're basically asking for their hunch. I don't know if they get sued for giving out information or something.