Advice from the Little Mermaid? 18 Jul 2010 My daughter watched The Little Mermaid repeatedly as a child. I now wonder if that was sending the right messages… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8xCgC3w1zs] H/t Jennifer Ouellette. Humor
Administrative The "who" thread 8 Jul 2010 I am, as they say in The Home Country, gobsmacked. I expected that I would have a few geeks (I’m a Geek! Say it Loud!) who read me because I was sort of interesting. Instead I find Phuds, scientists, philosophers and just plain interesting people. If one is judged by… Read More
Evolution Myth 7: Darwin thought that Australian aborigines were closer to apes than to Europeans 1 Mar 200925 Oct 2019 Actually, this one is better called “Darwin was a racist”, but as the text concerned is from the same source as those claims, I thought it might be easier to evaluate a single claim and generalise from that. Our gospel for today is chapters V and VI of The Descent… Read More
Epistemology It’s just the question mark I have to bear 2 Aug 200922 Jun 2018 We agnostics do this every Spring solstice equinox. Below the fold, from the now-defunct and much missed Chaser’s War on Everything, how far those who believe the Bible is literally true will go. NSFW language… Read More
This isn’t the only Disney movie with bad lessons. All the classic Disney films reinforce really stereotypical gender roles. Also, in most of the films the villains are ugly while the heroes and heroines are pretty and handsome.. Even when one of the heroes is supposed to be ugly (the Beast or the Hunchback), they in fact have facial proportions that are associated with good looks.