Author: Huenemann

Are all Americans Afro-Americans? Was your mama a neanderthal? Is there any such thing as “race”? Interesting Scientific American article here on all these matters.

Here is a sensible article about Socrates’s skepticism. It makes me realize, once again, just how rare it is for an individual to insist that he/she really doesn’t have knowledge of important things — but without giving up on the task of acquiring it.

I’ve encountered more people in Utah who follow Ayn Rand than anywhere else. So here is a discussion of someone who followed her and has now “shrugged her off.” Any thoughts?

Read the rest of the article here. The author, a psychologist, claims that men typically go further into the extremes than women, in directions of both (say) mathematical ability and idiocy.

In recognition of George Carlin’s passing, here’s his 10 Commandments shtick. (Warning: naughty words are used.)