What does a society do when it has devalued children, gated their communities, disparaged "breeders," and slaughtered the unwanted?
Ans: Pretend pregnancy.
The Second Risible Mystery
Is Star Wars actually a deeply hidden allegory for niche neep? Exspecto quod animadverto!
The Third Logical Mystery
When is a confirmation of the multiverse theory not a confirmation of the multiverse theory? Pretty much anytime, but in particular here.
The Fourth Statistical Mystery
When is correlation not causation? Bzz! Trick question. Correlation is never causation, though TOF wishes the New Breed of scientist would ponder this more closely. Some examples, h/t to Alert Commenter Aaron.
Correlation is not causation but doesn't GWT have a cause and effect theory worked out ? The idea that we've added so much CO2 to the air what the planter is warming is, at least on the face, bit crazy. Ava's causing the housing bubble seems nonsensical from the start.
ReplyDeleteIsn't this what science does? Gosh, these two things keep showing up together, maybe they are related. Let's test that idea.
The fake baby bumps strike me as good news. It means that pro-natal memes are increasing.
ReplyDeleteIn related news, I've been looking at a few anti-natalist blogs recently. For some reason I'm reminded of the phrase "Think of it as evolution in action."