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Feral humans
For the purposes of this entry I will define a feral human* as one who is dependent on government or foreign aid and will be for the entirety or near entirety of its existence. This dependence can be due to … Continue reading
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Charity
There are charities for saving lives (call it type A). Then there are charities (do we call them that, though?) for making lives worth living (type B). There’s a subtle difference. Most people agree that charities for saving lives from … Continue reading
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Worst place to be gay
This documentary on attitudes and policies towards gays in Uganda came out last year, but I just saw it a few days ago. I noted with interest that in every interview, when people were asked why they wanted homosexuals to … Continue reading
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Avoid TSA inspections
I’ve said it so often it’ll probably be my gravestone quote. I would rather risk the small chance of something horrible happening (dying in a plane crash due to terrorists) than face the absolute certainty of something annoying happening (being … Continue reading
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Is anything necessary?
(In response to the NYT article “Is Algebra Necessary“) I am disturbed by how frequently I see opinion pieces advocating that we teach different “useful” math in school, or teach less math, or just not make math a requirement at … Continue reading
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better gun laws
so many birds with one stone, and such benefits! perhaps we should adopt the Swiss model for our military defense. it’s certainly much cheaper. and every house would have a gun and a person who knows how to use that … Continue reading
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tax and behavior modification
we should tax only activities that we, as a society, wish to discourage. in particular, we should not tax any of the following things which we currently do tax: – personal income – buying things – owning property – dying … Continue reading
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Lifecrowd, pt 2
since my previous post, a representative from lifecrowd contacted me and sounded very apologetic. she also sent me an email, to which i responded that to prevent confusion, all lifecrowd needed to do was update its FAQ page to give … Continue reading
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The listserve (meta)
The idea behind the listserve sounded interesting, so I signed up. The question isn’t really “what would you say to 1 million people.” Right now it’s about 20,000 people. Your chance of getting to address the listserve isn’t very high. … Continue reading
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On preventing abortion
Even if it were possible or ethical to outlaw abortion, this wouldn’t prevent abortions from taking place. Desperate people do desperate things, often involving secret clinics or self-harm. The best way I can think of to actually prevent abortions is … Continue reading
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