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Linkfest 2017-02-24

Undocumented Irrigation Damn. Steve Sailer went and wrote something about SlateStarCodex's Cost Disease post that covers pretty much everything I wanted to write. The Meaning of Milo Ross Douthat has a pertinent reflection on how Milo fits into post-religious social conservatism. Ross also predicts Milo will make a

The Long View 2004-05-11: Things You Can't Say

At the end of this blog post, John reminisces about the "Boy Inventor" literature his father used to enjoy. I happen to have a number of examples lying about my house. They are jam-packed full of useful technical information, and are also completely unacquainted with current standards of

LinkFest 2016-06-10

A review on Night Enhancement Eyedrops using Chlorin e6 This is pretty nutty, but really interesting. Self-experimentation involving a photosensitizer compound to enhance night vision. Heavy Boots I came across this physics teaching post about the effect of gravity, and how a philosophy grad student misinterpreted it. Possibly apocryphal, but

LinkFest 2016-03-26

Holy Saturday Edition Ruby Slippers Gabriel Rossman makes a persuasive case that social construction is real, but the concept is mostly used by people who don't understand it, and have no sense of proportion. How Does America "Reshore" Skills that have Disappeared? The first couple of

LinkFest 2015-12-21

Where America Gets its Winter Lettuce + Lettuce Produces More Greenhouse Gas Emissions than Bacon Does The vast fields of lettuce in Yuma, in all places, are almost enough to drive me to despair. Almost. Dear Parents: Everything You Need to Know About Your Son and Daughter’s University But Don’

The Big U Book Review

The Big U Book Review

NOT American MegaversityI picked up The Big U while I was organizing my library, and I decided to see if I still liked it ten years [at least] since the last time I had read it. It turns out, I do! For me, this is the perfect college satire, on

The Long View 2002-07-01: Don't Pick Fights about God

John talks a lot of sense here. It is pretty easy to get wrapped around the axle on issues of religious freedom, but the most important take-away here is that First Amendment law as applied to the states is a very recent invention, and the overt purpose of it was