“Who am us, anyway?”
That title above is just one line from the most brilliant satirists of our time, the Firesign Theater, from their album, How Can You Be In Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All. Our webmaster keeps telling…
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Ignorance is the Easiest Pathway to Hatred
On 9-11 the internet was alit with screeds from islamophobes, many posting “quotations” from the Quran, except they weren’t from the Quran, were out of context, and designed to foster hatred toward Muslims. For example, some of the quotations used…
So, Someone Called You Stupid
The internet, from its humble beginnings, was often referred to as the greatest teaching and learning tool ever invented. It was genuinely believed that giving us unlimited information, instant global communication and open access to knowledge, with searchable archives and…
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Pasta Salad —Low Carb
When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, this was one of those things I missed: PASTA! It was long-haul COVID that kicked in my diabetes. High blood sugar runs in my family, and so I’ve been careful to take…
Artificial Intelligence
This has been all over the web: in politics, in the news, brought up at graduation ceremonies . . . WE ARE INUNDATED WITH AI! We’re not about to talk about “data center.” That’s a whole nother ballgame. We’re talking…
Sharia
When it comes to this concept, everything you know is wrong. It’s quite simple, actually, the Western world has only heard of Sharia through the megaphone of extremists. “In the West, you have the illusion of truth. We had no…
About God
Believers believe without proof, while scientists accept off-the-wall hypotheses because of an internal consistency. Fun Fact: Both of these are false. A belief can be as powerful as palpable as any feeling, and for reasons that just are not scientific.…
Peer Review
“Who are the peers?” (the question nobody asks) In theory, “peers” means: In practice, “peers” often means: So the real answer to “Who are the peers?” is: People who share the same assumptions, incentives, and blind spots as the authors.…