Everything you eat has tons of different combinations of DNA in it. None of that has any effect. Your belief that "we are encouraged to consume such a variety of nutrition so that our bodies may experience new combinations of DNA to excellerate our own evolution" is incorrect. That DNA just gets broken down by…

For me, it's less about selling out and more about the fact that the chances of being a successful writer writing what you want are pretty slim. So evaluating the whole activity based on selling your work is just a bad idea. Some people can get joy just writing about anything. It's a technical skill they excel at,…

Sounds like you're constructing straw men.

It is used for both. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

Of course, I read it. Obviously, you read it without a sense of humor.

Good thing we have clever people like yourself around who can see through these 'scientists'' smokescreen of lies and incompetence. Keep up the good work!

I can't help it. This is one of my favorite issues that people rage over, just because of the sheer absurdity of it. Who are these losers complaining about women trying to feed their kids in public? What is the motivation for this? Envy at the attention the baby is receiving? Or perhaps the attention the woman…

Of course! That's why this controversy all started! The security guards and cops were obviously concerned about people eating in undesignated areas of the mall! It had nothing to do with sanctimonious haters bitching about an exposed tit in a child's mouth. Thanks for clearing that up.

The just-world fallacy (karma, divine retribution, et al) has to be one of the most despicable and intractable forms of popular illogic in this world. Yet (like most fallacies), it is rarely pointed out.

Hmm. I don't know about those of you susceptible to this "Venus Effect", but whenever I see the eyes of a face in a mirror looking straight at me, I don't assume that the observer is looking at her or himself. I assume they are looking at me (or if it's an image, the photographer or illustrator).

behavioral science?

Nicely done.

^ This is what happens when you give internet access to morons.

The horror.

"India's Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that the government would work on increasing the severity of punishment for rape cases. "

You are aware that approximately 40% of gun sales don't require background checks because they are through unlicensed (but still legal) private sellers aren't you? Also, I'm sure you are aware that an armed police officer was on the school grounds during the Columbine killings. Also, I'm sure that you are aware that…

So you'll gladly sacrifice the first amendment to protect the second? Blaming the media amounts to blaming the messenger. So you're suggesting that every time there is a mass shooting there be a media blackout so as not to encourage future killers? You make no sense at all.

I love how he throws the first amendment under the bus to defend the second.

I believe you are referring to what is called the Classic Mayan Collapse. This was the inexplicable decline and abandonment of some (not all) Mayan cities between the 8th and 9th centuries. Because this mystery is so widely publicized, many are unaware that many Maya cities continued up until the Spanish conquest. …