A crash course in adaptive biology ( Read more... )

Many are the Christians in the world bemoaning the trilogy by Philip Pullman on which the movie The Golden Compass is based. For those that don't know, this would be the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, consisting of the books The Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.

( Spoilers: I reveal the super sekrit ending of the trilogy. Stay away if you don't want to be forewarned. )

2007 is gone ( Read more... )

I've recently started reading Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It. I'm only on chapter 2, but it confirms a lot of theories that many people have supported for years now. Granted, it's seventeen years old now, so much of what the book says is "surprising" and "new" is now accepted as proven fact ( Read more... )

As is my wont, I post a special Christmas Day post ( Read more... )

You know what bothers me? Prevalent attitudes towards sex. So many people grow up with this idea that sex is a Bad Thing ( Read more... )

I had a conversation with a friend a while ago, and it became clear that my opinion on the matter is still not widely understood ( Read more... )

The guiding factor in my life is balance. The principle which I use to judge things. It is the map I use to navigate life, the road along which I walk ( Read more... )

How does a person make himself stronger, physically? By exercising. What is exercise? Going with basic weight-lifting, we are putting more pressure on our muscles to encourage them to grow. The body notices the extreme effort being put forth, and in an attempt to overcome this obstacle, it prompts muscle growth, increasing strength. To put it ( Read more... )

If you have a message, how do you get it across?

Something I've always wondered about books like If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken: Who is the target audience for these books ( Read more... )