who finds themselves wondering if they should be tested or not, choose to be dramatic. You might need to stay isolated for a few days (you will, actually). You might worry that you’ll look all dramatic–like you’re jumping on the bandwagon–if it turns out that–like ...
And that would mean the wealth would leave with the woman if she gets any.Now, the interesting thing about Islam is the Qur’an doesn’t say anything about cousin marriage, but it does say that girls have to inherit half of what their brothers inherit. And in lots of pre-Islamic ...
So there does appear to be significant, albeit circumstantial, evidence that dreams with absurd (but subject-relevant) content serve an adaptive function. As Erik points out, though, there would be certain survival implications should a brain experience drop-outs or noise injections while awake and...
ANNE: You know, we talk a lot about what we've been reading lately, but I don't know that we've had the global conversation that goes, what does summer reading mean to you? Especially in 2021, I feel like these past few years have each been very distinct and have had their own ...
With the bandwagon fallacy, the arguer claims that a certain action is the right thing to do because it’s popular. Example: Of course it’s fine to wait until the last minute to write your paper. Everybody does it! 10 Appeal to ignorance An appeal to ignorance is a claim that somet...
Today, my wife asked me if I wanted to participate in a challenge. “It’s day four,” she said, “And I have missed the first three days.” I laugh at her codependency and her tardiness. This could not be more her. Even if she’s getting on the bandwagon late, I’m curious....
A simple way to conceptualize an enhanced knowledge management system is to simply focus on prioritizing knowledge sharing over the knowledge itself. This does not mean that you discount the importance of acquiring knowledge in its various forms. It just means that you value the sharing of knowledg...
“It’s just so different from the ordinary … when you call a hearse after someone has died,” said Sister Jackie Toben, as she walked from downtown’s Christ Church Cathedral earlier that evening in a candlelight procession. Toben, a member of the Eastern Missouri Coalition Against the ...
Does it also feel authentic, like could I picture my own children doing something like this when they were younger? Absolutely. (I mean, my son did warm to a restaurant straw wrapper that he kept on his bedside table for months.) Is it all kinds of delightful because the story is ...
The past year was a big year for dinosaurs on this blog, with a post on the “Giant Dinosaurs of London” and another related to my cameo in the giant titanosaur documentary with Attenborough, but with afocus on dissecting dinosaurs, and ablatantbandwagontribute to/musing on Jurassic World....