According to a report by Gary Brucato, PhD, and Ragy R. Girgis, MD, mass school murders are not due to mental illness.
I am curious to know what they think it means to be “mentally ill.” Evidently it doesn’t mean the same thing to them, as it does to me.
Continue readingA recently-released study has concluded that several popular supplements for heart health don’t work. Among other findings, there was no improvement on the levels of cholesterol. Despite this, I would suggest hanging on to your supplements just in case the study wasn’t altogether reliable.
Continue readingThis is something of a useless rant, in that few people care anything about the topic, and there is almost certainly nothing that will change as a result of my posting it. However, it may help me get it off my chest, which would be a good thing.
Continue readingThe US Government has released some video footage of interactions between military aircraft and something that was not identified. Evidently the proper term for these things is now UAP – Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. This is probably a necessary change, since for many people, “UFO” means “alien spacecraft.”
Continue readingSherlock Holmes is the invention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The highly logical detective had an almost uncanny ability to form deductions based on the slightest bits of evidence. Where others might see nothing more than some cigarette ash on a carpet, Holmes could identify the type of cigarette smoked and form conclusions as to who was doing the smoking. A muddy footprint might seem to offer no clues; but to Holmes, it would be an open book.
Continue readingSome while ago I was a member of a science-oriented online group. I noticed that many of the people in this group seemed to treat science as a sort of religion, rather than as an intellectual pursuit. I especially noticed that there were many unkind comments directed against people who believed – or claimed to believe – that the Earth was flat. Most of these comments were simply ridicule. They did not offer any evidence to show that the Earth was spherical.
Continue readingIn the fallout from the news about Jeffrey Epstein and his human trafficking, Richard Stallman made some comments that were deemed offensive. Because of this there was a clamor for his hide; he was evidently compelled to resign from his Free Software Foundation and his post at MIT. This seems like bullshit to me.
Continue readingThese days, many people adamantly refuse to take a vaccine, claiming that the vaccine can do more harm than the illness it is meant to combat. It is true that there is a risk of adverse reactions to vaccines, as with any other medication. Many people consider this justification for refusing the vaccine. They’d rather take the risk of the illness, since that risk appears to be quite small.
Continue readingI’m tired of hearing about Nikola Tesla. He wasn’t the noble crusader and misunderstood genius many people try to make him. I have often been called stupid or ignorant for saying this. I have often been told to look into Tesla’s history, as though I hadn’t already done that. Some people just won’t accept the possibility that they haven’t learned the facts.
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It’s Offensive
I don’t know when this happened. It kind of crept up on me over the years. But now there is a highly vocal group of people who police the Internet and try to destroy those they deem “offensive.” This is bullshit.
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