There was a pre-20th century alternative to all these procedures. It was called "dying." A little gratitude might be nice.

Not so much Matrix as Demolition Man. Stallone came out knowing how to knit (although they didn't program him to know what the seashells were for!) and Wesley Snipes came out expert in every lethal art. Mellow thoughts, fellow citizens.

Makes you wonder why we need national health care. All you folks like Firewing and Jane know all about what cures cancer. Why don't we just start a blog and you folks can diagnose people and prescribe cures. It's like homeopathy, the more diluted with ignorance, the more effective the cure.

The whole agnostic/atheist thing had me flashing back to a classic Pogo comic (ask your parents or grandparents). Asked to define "diagnostic," he answered, "Agnostic means someone who doesn't know, and di- means two, so diagnostic means someone who doesn't know twice as much as an agnostic doesn't know."

The surface of the planet wouldn't be frozen solid if the planet were the right distance from its star. As for a magnetic field being essential to life, we don't see links between extinctions and field reversals on earth, when our field probably becomes weak and disorganized.

Roundabouts require the driver to look left while turning right. (except in the UK, because of the Coriolis Force). All the problems connected with roundabouts could be cured with one simple rule change. ENTERING traffic has the right of way. In fact a lot of problems with highways in general could be cured by…