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 […]
Tag Archives: Science
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 […]
Sexual Predators Are Not “Monogamous”
2017-10-26 – In these days of #MeToo we’ve seen a lot of horrifying statistics about the numbers of women who have raped, sexually abused, and sexually harrassed. Charles Blow, one […]
Apocalyptic Math
2017-09-21 – Happy New Year! There’s a story going around that this will be the last one, however, for on Saturday the world is supposed to end. This is due […]
Many Paths to . . .
2017-08-24 – I’ve been mostly out of touch with the news this week. So I’d like to reflect on the people we met in Wyoming and Montana during and after […]
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