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Yesterday we lost Neil Armstrong, an accidental hero, thrust by fate onto a rock in the sky. Many dreamt of walking on the moon before he did, and a few men did after him. He happened to be the first. Hopefully many more men, and women too, will echo his iconic footsteps in the future. Perhaps even…
Actually, it isn't all that slow, because a decade ago, all of this would have been largely unthinkable. The problem is that we don't see the gradual decline and fall - we are only vaguely aware that some things aren't quite what they used to be, and our progressive narrative tells us that they…
Sunny. Warm. Links. Science: Brief data analysis interlude Wave of Rhabdomyolysis in Oregon High School Football Players Darwin wrong--again?? Dude, where are my copy number variants? Other: PAC-Man Ate My Ballot An Infrastructure Perfect Storm: New York Trains Shut Down En Masse Managing The LA…
I hadn't seen this Onion report before -- "Millions and Millions Dead" -- from a decade ago, although I have referred to this report -- "World Death Rate Holding Steady at 100 percent" -- before (in an old post). I am thus forced to repost the graphic about world death rates, but to pair it with…