Oh, sure, it can tell you in a general way that there will be crossroads ahead, but it can’t tell you in advance which ones are dead ends, or where you’ll end up by following them.
Pope “Not in the face! Not in the face!” Francis has been offering advice on child-rearing, based on his deep experience with the process, I’m sure.
One time, I heard a father in a meeting with married couples say ‘I sometimes have to smack my children a bit, but never in the face so as to not humiliate them’,Francis said.
How beautiful.he added.He knows the sense of dignity! He has to punish them but does it justly and moves on.
I just saw a reference to Kornbluth’s story, The Marching Morons, and I’m also working up a talk on the perils of excessive adaptationism, and together they motived me to repost this article from Scienceblogs. It’s always bugged me: it’s saturated with the unthinking assumption that human diversity is hardwired and fixed, and built on a racially invariant biological foundation. And it largely went unquestioned by science fiction fans.
I was sent a link to this editorial by the science-fiction writer, Ben Bova. I like part of the sentiment, where he’s arguing that it’s worth the effort to try and change the world, but a substantial part of it bugs me.
He’s going to be touring a few cities in America this spring, and then Robin Ince is going to Australia for more shows. Everyone should go.
I can’t really recommend this long article about MRAs. It’s not awful, but it seems determined to demonstrate something no one had questioned: “golly, not all MRAs are neckbearded trolls. They’re humans too!” OK, I know and agree; there are circumstances in which anyone could have a civilized conversation with them…which the author proceeds to do, talking to a random MRA named Max in Chicago, and also calling up Paul Elam and Roosh, and in every case doing his very best to put them in a good light, while not easing up on their awful opinions.
Look closely at the eel in this picture. Look up around its head. Do you wonder what that odd little blob is?
I hadn’t heard from Coach Daubenmire in a while, but I knew that when he popped up again, it would be remarkably nutty. That’s what he does. And here he comes, weeping for Kent Hovind.
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There is a proposal in Vermont to adopt the Latin motto, Stella quarta decima fulgeat. I wish this were a joke, but some of the citizens of the state had a remarkable reaction.
This is a cartoon from a fundie book written by Tim LaHaye in 1982. It is clearly a work of prophecy.
But do people still have such a bizarre and hateful opinion of humanism today? They sure do.
