Entries for the ‘Society’ Category

Philosophize on *this*! (or, fake science at Scientific American)

This is my response to the huge honking turd that Scientific American put out: Scientists say free will probably doesn’t exist, but urge: “Don’t stop believing!”
Oh, where to begin? First, this isn’t science or scientific. This is religious propaganda poorly disguised as science, and funded by a religious organization. It doesn’t belong anywhere near this [...]

Yawn of the Day

Oh no. Someone just realized that after agreeing to a contract allowing it, information willingly given to a company essentially gives that company the right to do whatever they want with that information. Drrr. That someone is Harriet Jacobs, ultra-victim.
I’m approving this after deleting hundreds of comments like this, since I’ve addressed this a few [...]