Friday, May 24, 2013

Friday evening roundup

Externally-driven regime change has a poor record.

Something important happened in math world.

They're sneaky about it in this one, right at the end there, but there go quantum mechanics, declaring themselves unparalleled geniuses. See this old roundup for a more... ahem... scientific analysis of brain surgery vs. rocket science (or a link to one).

Ladies, work stress is apparently diminishing our sex appeal. But fear not; take comfort in the reality so artfully articulated by Susan Jane Gilman as, "Men will fuck anything." If that doesn't fit your criteria for artful, see what Joseph Campbell and Jacob Bernstein have to say (yes, I know I've titled to disparate posts "On Beauty," but they're different kinds of beauty).

Kilstein on Dawkins:


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