Random Musings

There is some sort of motivational concept which says that if you put a frog into cold water and slowly heat it up, he won’t notice it, and eventually he will be boiled.  If you throw the frog into boiling water, he’ll immediately jump out.  The idea is that problems that grow gradually may not be recognized.  This is silly.

There are some websites and documentaries that are concerned with the disappearances of people in national parks.  The gist of this seems to be that an unusually high number of people vanish mysteriously, never to be seen again.  Sometimes later on their remains are discovered.  Sometimes some of their possessions are found, but no body.  No one knows what happens.

Tens of millions of people in the US believe in bullshit.  Somehow, these people believe that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, that there was a massive conspiracy to steal the election from Trump, and that Trump will soon be reinstated to office.

There exist some phenomena that we find difficult to explain with our current level of technology.  How was the Great Pyramid built, using the technology available to the ancient Egyptians?  In order to build this Pyramid, they would have had to set a block of stone, weighing tons, every two and a half minutes.  How could they have cut and moved such immense blocks?  We couldn’t do that even today.  Similarly, how could humans have built Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, and the other megalithic structures?

I’ve often felt annoyed, even angry at people who offer bullshit reasons for not wearing a mask.  They cut down your oxygen.  They harbor germs.  They show that you’re living in fear.  They show that you’re afraid to use your God-given right to be a dick.  And so on.

One of the ways to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus is to wear a mask over the nose and mouth.  For some reason, this has resulted in many people losing their shit and in many cases becoming violent.  I don’t get it.

There are a lot of snide comments about people who, because of their age, don’t know things, or can’t do things. Older people natter on about “kids these days,” while younger people often dismiss elders as being technologically clueless. It’s all bullshit, and it’s just mean-spirited.