I’m new to the idea of the “Just World Fallacy” —- I’m reading a book called “The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe” by Sean Carroll, which.delives deep into physics, ontology etc. I may have misinterpreted the Fallacy somewhat. (and I should have stuck to discussing the Fallacy rather…

I don’t believe, nor did I ever state that the car could (or even should) “instantly stop itself.” Tesla says, however, that if the braking system had worked properly in this instance, it would have mitigated the intensity of the accident. Nobody knows if the guy would have lived etc. But the driver had an expectation…

Okay, I’ve been watching for this! You gave me an example of the”Just World Fallacy” —- although it’s a pretty mild one. I’ve been reading about it. I was curious why in tragedies people always try to find a reason why the victim was at fault and get downright extreme about it. That’s why I say yours wwas pretty mild.…

You have to cure your skillet before you use it. You can’t just take a brand new skillet and start cooking. It has to be rubbed with fat or oil and heated until the fat literally soaks into and smoothes the metal. It’s been years since I did it. It keeps the skillet from rusting as well. I’d have to google it to find…

Although I had top .1 % SAT scores, I had been disaffected and despondent during my senior year of high school, and my grades showed it. I was told at Berkeley that I “had” to go the junior college route in order to be considered for admission. I am white BTW. I spent nearly two years at the “old” Merritt on Grove…

How did UCSC ever allow an excrescence like you on campus?

I have never understood how the combover became a thing. It is the lamest hair solution and far worse than baldness, which can look very strong and flattering. The combover sends an instant messagde of insecurity, vanity, and obliviousness. As to Netanyahu, he was hot when young, like so many, but his politics are…

Definitely. Nature has a way of warning you. A psychologist told me that women in social situations pull back slightly, reflexively, from males they distrust, even if the situation pressures them to be friendly. This happens across cultures and backgrounds. It has nothing to do with the looks of the man, his age or…

No, seriously? What are they thinking? Is this shit a confluence of political right wing and goofy religiosity or what? I’m Jewish, and I totally reject this mean-spirited pettiness —- plus cutting off water to the West Bank? Is that true? Don’t they know that can spread disease —- and speaking of disease, those…

Best thoughts for this brave woman and brave doctor.

It’s orifice. And I’m not going to go surfing for anomalous large vaginas :) thanks anyway.

She didn’t do her Kegels. The idea that the vagina is like a stretched out old bra strap is nothing but an old wives tale meant to scare anxious nulliparas. As to Sanders, he has his followers convinced that they are a reincarnation of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. All he accomplished is to prove how tough Clinton…

Oy.

I wonder if the cops took the glass of tainted wine for analysis. That evidence would help close the circle for a conviction.

Boy, I’ll say. He reverts to his rote high-level mantras whenever he’s called on to flesh out a pronouncement, probably because his cognitive skills and memory are not what they were, and he can’t retain facts and figures accurately. He is a match for Trump in pure cantankerousness, though.

Have you considered papering a judge who is completely unreasonable? I know it’s not a very peaceable thing to do if you ever have to go before him again, but...

I went to Berkeley, and there were plenty of bars in walking distance. I didn’t walk or drive, though. I rode my bicycle everywhere. I never fell off or hit anything; it was really fun riding home alone and drunk at 2 a..m. (if I happened to be alone, which wasn’t, ahem, often).

What I don’t get is today’s chugging of hard liquor until you pass out. These “shots” have to be the most unpleasant way to get drunk —- you go from sober to barfing or passed out or blacked out in about an hour or so. Where’s the fun in that? When I was in college, the goal was to pace yourself and drink cocktails or…

Obviously his wife doesn’t hold his little bit of pedophilia against him.

Hahahahahahahaha Oh wait. Decency. Hehehehehehehehe