Ray Kurweil, Futurist | Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0 *** Elle sent me this article yesterday by Matt Novak over at Gizmodo’s Paleofuture blog. It’s called “Ray Kurzweil Is Talking Bullshit Again,” and it argues […]
We could get Peter Singer to design the curriculum… or not | Photo: Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0 *** I just finished reading this interesting op-ed over at The Atlantic by Paul Barnwell titled “Students’ Broken […]
Sometimes I try this thought experiment in which I try to curtail my knee-jerk revulsion to things that seem intensely racist and try to figure out how someone might say (or share) such things while […]
Oh yes, it’s finally here: Ken Ham’s imagining of what Noah’s Ark “really” looked like is open to the public. But what does that mean? *** 14. Make yourself a teba of gofer; make rooms in the […]
A food pyramid | Photo: bigbrand, CC BY 2.0 It seems like everybody these days thinks they can justify their particular dietary choices by citing evolution. The “paleo” diet eschews dairy and grain products because […]
This cat eats meat-based kibble | Photo: Richard Ford Burley *** Recently, Distractify summed up a 2015 Tumblr thread in which a woman shared how “excited” her dog looked about a vegan meal she was about to […]
Photo: Sancho McCann, CC BY 2.0 *** I am heartbroken, and I am outraged. Over the past few days, I have been trying to deal with the mass murder of members of the LGBTQ community […]
Image: NASA *** It’s probably coming sooner than you think: private companies headed out to space to grab what resources they can in our solar system’s wild wild west. But it may not be coming […]
Ringworld | Photo: Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0 I’m not the biggest fan of Game of Thrones. I say this based purely on the fact that I haven’t made the time to catch up on any […]
Well, that’s *a* food pyramid… triangle… thing | Photo: bigbrand, CC BY 2.0 There’s a kerfuffle in the UK about a recent “report” on diet recommendations. Here’s what that’s all about. *** The UK’s National […]