…in the brain. I think my brain is broken, in that regard.
[Early afternoon update]
Derb has some related thoughts:
People like TD and myself understand that the universe is a deeply mysterious place, and the human personality likewise. (In reference to which, by the way, I refuse to let anyone get away with using the word “materialist.” either positively or negatively, unless that person can demonstrate to me that he has at least attempted to understand modern theories
Just in time for Noel, though it looks as though it’s going to curve around and miss us. Actually, though, if it remains just a tropical storm, I wish it would come up and cross the lake, which is still five feet below normal after they drained it last year for the hurricanes that didn’t happen.
So much for the dire hurricane predictions for this year, and the notion that global warming means that they’ll be bigger and more frequent, and that it’s already happening. So far, it’s 2004-2005 that look anomalous.
…and now garlic turns out to be heart healthy. And a cancer preventative. Life is good. If everyone would eat it, few would be bothered by the aroma.
Nobel Prize winner Al Gore is also a warmonger:
The trouble is that Gore’s preferred policies will lead to a poorer, energy starved world. Far better, one might think, to tackle malaria, sea level rise, drought, hunger, and so on directly rather than by tinkering with the chemical composition of the atmosphere. As Indur Goklany has shown, we can do this for a fraction of the cost.
I’ve been skeptical about the link between dietary fat, and weight and poor health for a long time (at least since I first read Barry Sears’ analyses
It may seem bizarre that a surgeon general could go so wrong. After all, wasn
I was watching television tonight, on one of my new HD channels on DirecTV (no, I didn’t get paid for that, but I wish I had). If you want to understand this concept, and unintended consequences, go no further than to watch The Producers (either version
They deliberately picked the worst play, the worst playwright, the worst director, the worst cast, and it turned into a hit. And things like that can happen all the time.
[Morning update]
Sorry some found this post cryptic. Let me rewrite. I was watching “The Producers” (movie version of the musical) last night, on one of the new DirecTV HD channels (a fact that was incidental to the real point, which was that I was watching The Producers). The unintended, and undesired success of their musical was an emergent property of their attempts to make it a failure, by choosing the worst of everything, which somehow resulted in a hit. I was not slamming HD–I was plugging DirecTV for being the first to offer a large number of HD channels.
At least of any significance?
Join Hillary Clinton at this milestone policy speech addressing some of our Nation’s serious challenges–global warming, globalization, and the Bush Administration’s war on Science.
No, me neither. In fact, if it’s anything like Kerry’s space or science policy, it will be all about being not George Bush.
At least of any significance?
Join Hillary Clinton at this milestone policy speech addressing some of our Nation’s serious challenges–global warming, globalization, and the Bush Administration’s war on Science.
No, me neither. In fact, if it’s anything like Kerry’s space or science policy, it will be all about being not George Bush.
At least of any significance?
Join Hillary Clinton at this milestone policy speech addressing some of our Nation’s serious challenges–global warming, globalization, and the Bush Administration’s war on Science.
No, me neither. In fact, if it’s anything like Kerry’s space or science policy, it will be all about being not George Bush.
By driving a Prius.
Boy, these indulgences just aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.