Posted inFun
Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies
Since we had so much fun with the Military List. Plus, it's Friday. Star Wars The original 1977 theatrical, error-filled release only. Han did shoot first. The storm troopers did…
Posted inPhilosophy
How not to argue for stem cell research
I received this press release from the Center for Inquiry (CFI), a group that grew out of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (or CSICOP).…
Posted inPhilosophy
You have no choice but to read this
Your decisions are not your own Our gut instinct, our experience, is that we make the decisions to move, to think, to eat, to steal, to lie, to punch and…
Posted inPhilosophy
If Baby cries then we beat him
(This post is only a teaser, a brief introduction to the late philosopher David Stove's philosophy of logic. I do not intend that today's article will convince anybody. I do…
Posted inCulture
Omni magazine: a tribute
Crap. Some kind of psychobabble how-to. Crap. Romance novel, romance novel, something in a plastic binder---and it's sticky!, ah geez---crap, crap, crap. Wait...what's that one. With the psychedelic cover. Do…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
Thou shalt not be more able
The funniest thing I have read in a long time comes from Robert Shibley, a member of "FIRE", the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (more details). The Virginia Tech…
Posted inStatistics
DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS: I of III
In celebration of my having work, I present something that requires no thinking (on my part). Part II Part III PDF DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS Part I of III Kick...two,…
Posted inBook review
Real Education by Charles Murray
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality by Charles Murray Recommendation: read (buy here). The word median is statistical: it is the point at which…
