At left is a brief discussion on the subject of public schooling, and, in particular, the question of who should make the decisions re: curricula. The author suggests that the “client” to be served by public education is not the …
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Here’s another example of how Americans have somehow, and fairly suddenly, lost their ability to think. Trump will say something that any five-year-old would immediately reject, but that statement will be adopted as fact by tens of millions of the …
Obama makes a good point here. Who does that? The problem: there is nothing that Trump could possibly do or say that would be too strange, too far out there, too indicative of a mental illness–thus causing his supporters to …
IMO, the content of the meme at left is one of the very best ideas ever propounded by humankind. It speaks to the subject of “cognitive biases,” a big deal nowadays. However, it’s been attributed to essentially everyone in history. …
From a reader: A message written on the back of an SUV quickly went viral after being shared online. To those wondering how it’s possible that Trump could be re-elected, I offer you this “viral” meme. Apparently, its author (and …
In a recent post I wrote that I believe that ultimately it will be revealed that Trump has an unlovely relationship with Putin, perhaps only insofar as Trump worships Putin, and envies his position as absolute ruler. It’s true that …
From “David Attenborough Fans”: 150 ft. Iceberg passing through Iceberg Alley near Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada. Only a few of us live around see in-your-face evidence of glaciers calving and floating around in our front yards. Yikes.
The author of the meme here makes a good point. How is Trump a viable candidate to lead the most powerful nation on Earth? His mental health aside, how does someone win who’s generally reviled by women, veterans, people of …
I don’t think quantum mechanics is capable of being understood, not because it isn’t true, but because the human mind didn’t evolve in such a way to deal with things that fail to conform to our intuition of time and …
A reader sent me this, commenting: Cannot make this up. Elon the Nazi has joined team Trump traitors campaign. I look at the arrival of Elon Musk on the political scene as a terrible break for the health of humankind …
