Dr. MezmerMar 131 minToday, The Earth Stood StillWhat the world needs now is Gort, sweet Gort In 1951, the aliens had a better idea towards war. Decapitate the aggressor, kill him. And...
Dr. MezmerFeb 133 minBrain in a VatIf there is one thing that mad scientists are attracted to for personal edification, the advancement of knowledge, and of course, taking...
Dr. MezmerFeb 102 minI 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...
Dr. MezmerNov 22, 20212 minWhen Aristotle got the internetAristotle got the internet the other day, as well as the whole ancient world. The classical Greeks immediately took advantage of this...
Dr. MezmerOct 26, 20214 minThe Colors of AffectThe colors of the rainbow do not begin to reflect all of the infinite hues of reflected light. However, the myriad colors of the world...
Dr. MezmerOct 23, 20212 minSocrates and Hypo-CritiasA 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...
Dr. MezmerOct 23, 20212 minOn TrollsWe are living in a world where not only nature, but human nature is being highly inconsiderate. And we are as troubled as we are enticed...
Dr. MezmerOct 22, 20211 minCalvinistic CultureOur cultural gods proclaim, as usual, that sin is everywhere, but it’s not so much in the obvious places, but in the virtual ones....
Dr. MezmerOct 21, 20212 minMy 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...
Dr. MezmerOct 21, 20213 minAsk Dr. Pinker! Self Help from a Self-Important Evolutionary PsychologistDr. Tooby Dawkins Pinker, Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Psychology and Master of Great Hair, answers your self help questions....
Dr. MezmerOct 21, 20212 minAsk Hal! Self Help from Wise Omniscient ComputerPresenting the Hal 9000, a super intelligent bun warmer, thermostat, beserk killing machine, and your best friend! Dave: Well Hal, tell...
Dr. MezmerOct 20, 20211 minTime 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...
Dr. MezmerOct 20, 20212 minAsk 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...
Dr. MezmerOct 20, 20212 minMy Poor Krell!The universe is a pretty complex thing, and when you throw in people, it becomes downright inscrutable. Since people are the only...
Dr. MezmerOct 19, 20212 minTo 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...
Dr. MezmerOct 19, 20212 minJeff Bezos' Cobblestone HutWe 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...
Dr. MezmerOct 18, 20211 minSupply 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....
Dr. MezmerOct 17, 20212 minVirtuous CircuitsOur pleasures don’t just happen, they need calibration. Context is important, and novel and positive expectation is the seasoning that...
Dr. MezmerOct 16, 20212 minRacial Imperialism, from Octoroons to MacaroonsThe census bureau has made much of the decline of Caucasian Americans as a percentage of the American population, a literally shady...
Dr. MezmerOct 15, 20212 minWhen Hollywood came to townSuppose when cloning becomes the norm, an enterprising biologist with an eye to entertainment will clone three icons of Hollywood, Cary...
Dr. MezmerOct 13, 20211 minThe 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...