Jehan's Radar

UFO Objections: Extraordinary Evidence

I would argue that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary quantities of evidence".

Aug 29, 2025 • Jehan Azad

UFO Objections: Aliens Wouldn't Do That

A good reason not to believe in UFOs is that only 13% of tenure-line faculty at major research institutions do. This post attempts to address other…

Aug 16, 2025 • Jehan Azad

November 2024

Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion

Fusion had a tough time with no representation. (PC: Rswilcox)

Nov 7, 2024 • Jehan Azad

May 2023

An Intuition For Georgism

As a natural right, the right to physical space supercedes even the right to life: you can take up space without being alive, but cannot be alive…

May 4, 2023 • Jehan Azad

November 2022

Hyperbolic Distance Discounting

What applies to money sometimes also applies to time.

Nov 7, 2022 • Jehan Azad

September 2022

Procrastination: It’s the Age not the Size of the Monster

Procrastination.

Sep 19, 2022 • Jehan Azad

July 2022

On the Beating of Children and Other Apparently Fine Things

A life of responsibilities, without corresponding rights.

Jul 14, 2022 • Jehan Azad

June 2022

In Praise of Jock Values

Actually, they're really good at some important stuff.

Jun 30, 2022 • Jehan Azad

One of the Biggest Stories of the Century Happened, We Just Don’t Know Which

In 2017 the New York Times ran a front-page story reporting that UFO videos had been confirmed by the US government.

Jun 10, 2022 • Jehan Azad

May 2022

Book Review: Yąnomamö: The Fierce People

The book 60's acedemics tried to cancel.

May 25, 2022 • Jehan Azad

We Picked Right with Einstein

Move over John von Neumann

May 10, 2022 • Jehan Azad

April 2022

Rags-to-Riches of the Century: Francis Ngannou

His story could be a Hollywood movie even if he'd just gone to become an accountant in Cleveland. What he actually did is become a world champion.

Apr 29, 2022 • Jehan Azad