by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 25, 2020 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
I grew to believe over my lifetime, that as Americans, our liberties have been chipped away at for generations and I often felt I was the rare crackpot that noticed or cared. There are countless laws and permits for every occasion, and I’ve written and spoken...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 7, 2020 | Psychology, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
There are many authentic conspiracies, and many we don’t even know about. The problem is that thanks to the Internet there are a THOUSAND TIMES more fake ones, and their prevalence is based on psychological stickiness, not fact. The real ones probably...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 12, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
I’m not sure how to decorate or dress for Darwin Day, but I assume it would be something pragmatic and sensible. But as some people make it their religion — the way they relate to life — some take it too far. One blogger I’ve encountered (among...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 11, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience, Technology & Futurism
This short TED Talk has a lot of little gems in a big issue. The telling change of a book title. The democratization of biochemistry. The false fears of the Hadron Collider weighed against considerations of more credible plausibilities. The speaker posits that,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 28, 2014 | Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
A TED Talk by climate economist Nicholas Stern posits our environmental future as a technological and regulatory problem, and being merely a matter of good choices over bad. It inspired me to think and address the problem in a larger meta-context of global politics...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 14, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
This TED Talk doesn’t talk about Raw Foodism. It is really about brain cells, and what makes our brain capacity possible compared to other primates. The shocking answer is cooking, and the implication removes legitimacy from the Raw Foodism fad. The math is...
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