reality: i respect it too much to believe in it. -Jean Baudrillard In my most recent post, I discussed the problematic nature of scientific consensus in response to a comment on a previous blog from my friend, Jake.  The dubious nature of the scientific consensus that confirms the dangerous potential of anthropogenic global warming [...]

Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves. -Nicolaus Copernicus In the comments area of Lamentation [...]

If this video doesn’t convince you to stop burning fossil fuels, I don’t know what will.  I found this video from the blog that I have linked to my blog called Watts up With That.  If you are a follower of this blog and you haven’t checked out Watts up With That, then you are [...]

Before the stock market developed a severe case of Baracktile Dysfunction, I was starting to invest in a company called Illumina.  Even though the stock for this company has crashed pretty hard, I still believe that the long term potential for this company is pretty good.  Their mission is to revolutionize the healthcare industry by [...]

The 2008 Summer Olympiad is officially complete, so it is now time for those of us with opinions to look back on the event and find some deeper meaning to the otherwise trivial world of athletics. Thomas Friedman of the NY Times was one of the first to put it all together in his column [...]