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Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
Category: Health
Ed Yong's excellent post about fruit-bat fellatio received some even better, eye-opening comments from one Russell and Frog:Russell: "Tan is falling into the fallacy that animals have sex for the purpose of procreation. Or of writing as if. Those bats...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Psychology
Getting a really random number into a computer when you need one is tricky.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 13 Comments •
Category: Skepticism
He explained that though he is definitely not a philosophical materialist, he hesitates to call himself a dualist, preferring to speak of a "oneness".
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 24 Comments •
Category: Music
Yes he is extremely lewd, yes he is psychedelic, yes he has a plastic synth sound...
Posted by Martin R at 8:33 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: Introspection
A much-publicised trial in Falun, Sweden is giving me a funny feeling. The man on the stand has confessed to the murder of a woman and a small girl, and is also charged with the violent rape of both and...
Posted by Martin R at 11:12 AM • 11 Comments •
Category: NOIBN
Who are the victims? Who are the perpetrators?
Posted by Martin R at 9:20 AM • 24 Comments •
Category: Psychology
"Errrr, do you think we might perhaps simply have a civilised conversation?"
Posted by Martin R at 12:39 PM • 31 Comments •
Category: Psychology
The issue here is really how "psychiatric condition" was defined in the mid-20th century.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 15 Comments •
Category: Psychology
The ability to commit a highly violent crime is, in itself, a symptom of insanity.
Posted by Martin R at 8:19 AM • 19 Comments •
Category: Psychology
"Many psychiatrists simply do not dare to write a certificate of insanity for these people ..."
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Psychology
Some people screw around a lot, some very rarely, and some not at all.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 40 Comments •
Category: Psychology
"They do not attain university standards", is the grim message.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 34 Comments •
Category: Psychology
One day I will wander around guided by an outdated world map.
Posted by Martin R at 8:45 AM • 2 Comments •
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