Georgia Purdom explains sex
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The creationists (and a few scientists) are unhappy that there isn’t a
simple, single, concrete factor to differentiate the sexes. They looked to
the scien...
Not a typo
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Photograph of a scrumptious birthday cake presented to me on March 25,
2023: Made in a New York Chinese pastry shop and presented to me by a
student with t...
Will AI Bring Us Jurassic Park
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I think it’s increasingly difficult to argue that the recent boom in
artificial intelligence (AI) is mostly hype. There is a lot of hype, but
don’t let t...
Measles, MAHA, and “soft eugenics”
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I've long said that the antivax movement is borderline eugenicist (or at
least social Darwinist) in nature. Now that a second child has died of
measles, ...
Thanks for stopping by….
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I grew up in a wilderness area in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in a town
proudly proclaiming almost 300 citizens on its road sign. Life there
focused on surv...
Why real news is, indeed, fake.
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I've taken three lengthy Uber trips in the past month. All of the drivers
got around to asking what I did for a living. When I replied, “I teach
journalism...
Premiul mult Visat
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Buna fetelor, m-am bucurat tare mult cand Dana m-a anuntat ca am primit si
eu un premiu, mai ales ca mi se pare foarte interesant pentru ca ma ajuta
sa va...
That was odd on so many levels....
ReplyDeleteHeh. They always assume that every other bugger will be 'left behind' except them. What a shocker to be on the receiving end.
ReplyDeleteI recently heard this sort of thinking wonderfully described as "a form of snobbery".