Today, The Earth Stood Still
What the world needs now is Gort, sweet Gort In 1951, the aliens had a better idea towards war. Decapitate the aggressor, kill him. And...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Brain in a Vat
If there is one thing that mad scientists are attracted to for personal edification, the advancement of knowledge, and of course, taking...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Feb 10
- 2 min
I am Spartacus!
Its 71 BC, and the Romans just rounded up the last of those pesky gladiator rebels led by Spartacus, that mean spirited troll who said...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
When Aristotle got the internet
Aristotle got the internet the other day, as well as the whole ancient world. The classical Greeks immediately took advantage of this...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 26, 2021
- 4 min
The Colors of Affect
The colors of the rainbow do not begin to reflect all of the infinite hues of reflected light. However, the myriad colors of the world...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 23, 2021
- 2 min
Socrates and Hypo-Critias
A few lines from Plato's lost dialog: Hypo-Critias Grecian Guy: Is it true Socrates, that the nature of the good is knowledge, and that...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Calvinistic Culture
Our cultural gods proclaim, as usual, that sin is everywhere, but it’s not so much in the obvious places, but in the virtual ones....
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
My Scandalous Take on LBGTQ+
I don’t care. Not interested. No opinion. Don’t want to talk about it. And I think nearly all folks feel the same way. Private sexual...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Ask Dr. Pinker! Self Help from a Self-Important Evolutionary Psychologist
Dr. Tooby Dawkins Pinker, Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Psychology and Master of Great Hair, answers your self help questions....
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
Ask Hal! Self Help from Wise Omniscient Computer
Presenting the Hal 9000, a super intelligent bun warmer, thermostat, beserk killing machine, and your best friend! Dave: Well Hal, tell...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Time Enough at Last!
If you wait long enough, things just blow over, or just get blown up, and you can settle back to a life of leisure where you can do all...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
Ask Klarg! Self Help from a Uniquely Reptilian Point of View
Dear Klarg. My husband continually bites my head off when I don't have dinner ready for him when he arrives from work. How can I persuade...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
My Poor Krell!
The universe is a pretty complex thing, and when you throw in people, it becomes downright inscrutable. Since people are the only...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 19, 2021
- 2 min
To like or not to like, know what I mean?
Communications, whether genetic or through common speech, can have its empty spots when we are literally without words, but nature, and...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 19, 2021
- 2 min
Jeff Bezos' Cobblestone Hut
We get jealous easily, and a simple trend line can set us off in the worst way. Take income inequality for example. It seems that the top...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Supply Chain gets Torpedoed!
There was trouble with our goods, because there were no goods. But the American people were prepared for it, and scarcely complained....
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
Virtuous Circuits
Our pleasures don’t just happen, they need calibration. Context is important, and novel and positive expectation is the seasoning that...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 16, 2021
- 2 min
Racial Imperialism, from Octoroons to Macaroons
The census bureau has made much of the decline of Caucasian Americans as a percentage of the American population, a literally shady...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
When Hollywood came to town
Suppose when cloning becomes the norm, an enterprising biologist with an eye to entertainment will clone three icons of Hollywood, Cary...
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Dr. Mezmer
- Oct 13, 2021
- 1 min
The Powerball of DEATH!
Congrats! Your dead! Let’s say the government, in its usual ineffable wisdom, mandates that everybody has to buy a Powerball ticket, with...
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