One of my regular blog reads (I can't remember which one) just posted a clip from the (almost) straight-to-DVD movie Idiocracy. It's a comedy about the potential long-term effects of living in our modern civilization, in which our technology protects us from the consequences of our acts, drastically altering the evolutionary pressures that made us so smart.Now here's a … [Read more...] about The End of Evolution? Right Here, Right Now.
Kirk – Spock – Shat – Pulp
Someone posted this at Hit & Run a few days ago, and despite all the weirdness, it's kind of cool in some way I can't explain.This is complicated, so here are a few things you need to know:The original 1960's science fiction series Star Trek starred William Shatner as Captain James Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock. Some fans of the original Star Trek … [Read more...] about Kirk – Spock – Shat – Pulp
Another Comment About Police Raids
I just got another comment to my post about the Lima, Ohio SWAT team's shooting of an unarmed mother who was holding her child. The guy calls himself "Major." Let's see what he has to say: Yeah, enter and clear a room with taser or pepper spray first. You people are a joke. If you thought someone and not to mention a felon was in your house when you came home, you would … [Read more...] about Another Comment About Police Raids
A SAD Anti-Gay Post
When Kip posted about the recent discovery of possible structural differences between the brains of straight and gay people, he predicted that it would make no difference to the anti-gay folks: To the bigots, all the research in the world won't make a scrap of difference. If it's not biological, then it's a "choice." If it is biological, then it's a "disease." Either way, it's … [Read more...] about A SAD Anti-Gay Post
Operational Justice
A few days ago, Gideon at a public defender posted a very thoughful response to my post discussing whether criminal defense lawyers help their clients get away with crimes: We fight. We fight tooth and nail. Not because we absolutely believe that our client is innocent---in fact, most of the time we don't care whether the client is guilty or not. We use phrases like "make … [Read more...] about Operational Justice