An interesting article on human psychology. I may think about how this plays into issues of human spaceflight safety, for both professional and recreational space travelers, for a couple papers I’m working on.
[Via Geek Press]
Category Archives: Social Commentary
What Doesn’t Kill Christopher Hitchens
…doesn’t make him stronger. A mordant and sobering essay on his cancer treatment, and mortality. It remains tragic that we can’t do better than this in the second decade of the third millennium.
Why Men Have Bigger Brains Than Women
Spatial reasoning. Really, is this a surprise?
The Tebow Phenomenon
Dan Foster and Rich Lowry have some thoughts on why there is so much hostility to the openly Christian quarterback.
As a non-believer (but not a fundamentalist atheist), I think that he raises hackles in two different groups of people — those who are bigoted against Christians in general (and they are legion — it is the last acceptable bigotry in our society) and those Christians who feel guilty because he sets the bar too high (and there is actually a non-zero intersection of those two sets). I would think of him as the Ned Flanders of the NFL, the completely unironic guy who is made fun of because in living up to his beliefs rather than down to his impulses, he makes everyone else look bad. And because he’ll continue to do so, he won’t care. Which will just make them all the angrier.
When A Choice Isn’t A Choice
Thoughts on sex-selective abortions. It really does seem like the objective goal of the “pro-choicers” is to maximize the number of terminated pregnancies, not offer women real choices.
Death To Pennies
I’ve wanted to get rid of it for at least thirty years. When you can’t purchase something with a single coin, it’s time to end it, and with the penny, it’s long past time.
Righting An Old Tragic Wrong
As his hundredth birthday approaches, there is growing demand for a pardon for Alan Turing. His treatment really was barbarous.
Climatologists Trade Tips On Destroying Evidence
The Daily Tech is on the story now. It amazes me how the warm mongers continue to live in denial about this. They don’t seem to understand how devastating it is to their credibility.
[Update a few minutes later]
I notice now that the article is about a week old. But it’s still a good run down.
[Update a while later]
This follow-up post addresses the desperate defense of “taken out of context.”
[Sunday morning update]
“A sequel as ugly as the original.” Extensive thoughts from Steve Hayward.
How Newt Gingrich Saved Pr0n
Insane, Or Evil?
Some thoughts on the Norwegian mass murderer and appropriate punishment.