#Pocalypso | Anti-Darwinism and Herd Immunity? What?
2020-05-12 – I had to shake my head when I realized that some of the people who are saying that herd immunity will “save” us are the same people who […]
Tag Archives: Science
Confusing Fads With Science
2019-04-01 – Happy April Fools’ Day! Six years ago today, I got the idea that April Fools’ Day had become so successful that it had taken over the entire year. […]
Gender Is Located in Three Places
2019-03-04 – Gender is located in three places: between your legs, between your ears, and between you and me. There’s a fourth place where people like to situate gender: in […]
The Math of Elizabeth Warren’s Ancestry
2018-10-15 – The “debate” about Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s ancestry is ridiculous. Those who debate this in public (for example, Donald Trump) have no basis for knowing her ancestry one way […]
LGBTQUIA+ . . . ROYGBIV
2018-06-11 – Roy G. Biv is a mnemonic for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Not all languages have words for these exact colors. […]
I Don’t Believe (Most) Flat-Earthers Believe the Earth Is Flat
2018-05-31 – I don’t believe (most) flat-earthers believe the Earth is flat. (I qualify this with the word “most” because I’m sure you can find someone who is a true […]
How Do You Reason with the Anti-Religious
2018-05-10 – I have a number of friends (real and Facebook) who are anti-religion. I mean ANTI-RELIGION. They see religions as the main provocateurs of racial and ethnic strife, not […]
Ice Cream Is a Zero Sum Game
2018-02-19 – Four adult human beings live in my house full time. And human beings can’t live too long without ice cream. So when we bring ice cream into the […]
Why Don’t Humans Have Floppy Ears? Are We Not Tame?
2018-02-12 – My dog Lefty is a herding dog. He’s not aggressive unless you are a sheep (or a Canada goose, for some reason). Lefty is an Australian Shepherd. And, […]
May You Live to Be 120—But No Older
2018-01-29 – The billionaires now want to live forever. And some of them are apparently spending their fortunes to make it happen. I get where they are coming from, particularly […]
