Evidently, there’s nothing quite like illogic and fear-mongering and distrust to bring the people together.
And no, I’m not talking about Congress. I’m talking about swine flu. Well, not even swine flu, per se, but the vaccine against swine flu. Both ends of the political spectrum are jumping into arguments, fists swinging madly, mangling logic, reason, [...]
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Ah, Yes. Gins-and-Tonic Are Delicious.
About a month ago, in a posting entitled “How To Do the Impossible,” I made an argument.
I argued that playing a game of chess in 5 minutes, or solving a Rubik’s cube in a very few seconds, or catching a ball midflight are all nearly-unbelievable feats made possible by our human ability for pattern-recognition, and [...]
