I think it’s hilarious to imagine evolution’s failures. Think of how our digestive systems are able to function no matter which way we’re sitting or lying, carrying food to the right place in a peristaltic wave, even if it’s going against gravity. Think of the pre-human who didn’t get that gene. He’s all like, “check out this [...]
Archive for the ‘general science’ Category
Evolution’s Failures
Posted in general science, philosophy, psychology, technology on July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Myth of the Evil Genius
Posted in general science, horror, media, philosophy, psychology on May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The evil genius only exists in fiction. An evil genius cannot exist in reality, because in reality, intelligence and evil are incompatible. A genius acts rationally, and history constantly proves that it is rational to be good. Genius and evil are two terms that are nearly impossible to define, but most people know it when [...]
On Ann Coulter, Tolerance, and the Subjectivity of Morality
Posted in general science, media, philosophy, tagged ann coulter, canada, free speech, morality on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
About the recent discussion surround Coulter’s trip to Canada, free speech, and morality.
Book Review: Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Posted in book reviews, general science, philosophy on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll keep this short, because Freakonomics is a pretty simple book. It takes a look at various topic—the effect of names on success, drug dealer salaries, cheating in sumo wrestling, etc.—through the eyes of an economist. This book is a few years old (and has a sequel out now), and it took me a while [...]
Normal Activity
Posted in general science, horror, philosophy, psychology, real life, tagged ghosts, halloween, parapsychology on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Halloween time, so as one would expect, many ghostly happenings have been … happening. A few nights ago I had a lovely date night with myself. I got some snacks and some wine, turned off all the lights except for a single candle, and sat down to watch a scary movie. I’d never seen [...]
Children of the Corn
Posted in general science, media, tagged bottled water, dumb TV ads, high fructose corn syrup, skepticism on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There’s a commercial for bottled water on TV right now that shows kids frolicking in a swimming pool, and a voiceover goes something like: “your children don’t swim in high fructose corn syrup.” The conclusion you’re supposed to draw, I guess, is that your kids shouldn’t eat foods with high fructose corn syrup, and should [...]
It’s Almost Like ESP, Day 2
Posted in general science, psychology, tagged parapsychology, remote viewing, richard wiseman, twitter on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Wiseman’s Twitter remote viewing experiment, part 2.
It’s Almost Like ESP
Posted in general science, psychology, technology, tagged esp, parapsychology, psi, psychology, remote viewing, richard wiseman, twitter on June 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A look at Richard Wiseman’s experiment using Twitter to test remote viewing.
Secondhand Transmission from a Distant World
Posted in general science, misc, philosophy, writing, tagged 80s, aging, aliens, art, fun dip, time travel on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone is an alien to someone. I’m in my late 20s. To anyone under the age of 18 today, I’m from a world they have never been to, and never will. A world we call the 1980s. It was inhabited by creatures with big curly hair that listened to cheesy pop music and grazed on [...]
Book Review: This is Your Brain on Music, by Daniel J. Levitin
Posted in book reviews, general science, media on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A review of Daniel Levitin’s book This is Your Brain on Music.
