Norman Mailer was deeply troubled, but he coined a great word: factoid. It means “an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print.” Almost everything you read is a factoid. It goes without saying that you should disregard almost everything you read. Depleted uranium factoid Look up “depleted uranium Iraq birth defects.”…
Stop being stupid
February 7, 2014
I’m not religious. However, I am a theist. That means I believe in a deity who cares about us and helps us endure the vicissitudes of life. If you’re not a theist, I don’t think any less of you. This is something we all have to decide for ourselves. I would never try to convince…