Yeah, I think there's evidence of an epigenetic element in transgenderism. So it's not so far-fetched, I suppose. I'm no expert, so take it for what it's worth.

I thought exactly the same thing. Gee, what are the odds?

Wow, what are the odds?

And he broke up with her in the most brutal way imaginable. He told her that he was only with her because he believed she was literally the last woman on earth. Ouch!

Glenn's days are numbered. So, you don't have very many more M&G moments to look forward to. Cherish whatever crumbs the writers choose to give you…

I agree. I don't understand how anyone can look at The Sandman and think it can be done in a two-hour long film. The best place to produce the adaptation is on TV, hopefully on Netflix or whatever, as a limited series. And not on a major network, because we know that it's inevitable that some network genius at some…

The problem isn't solely and exclusively about scale. Things like lack of democracy create unaccountable and corrupt governments, for example, as well as massive inequalities in wealth which translate into massive inequalities in power. So it's a confluence of various problems. And, no, New Orleans is nowhere near the…

If that was the point you were trying to make, then it was made very, very badly. Indeed, given your original comment, it seemed very clear that the point you were making was that without the miseries inflicted on defenseless human beings by elites, modern societies wouldn't have the scientific knowledge it has today.…

Then I don't know why you even bothered to bring it up in the first place, if you weren't trying to apologize for the miseries the elites have historically inflicted on the majority of humanity. So what you're saying is that it was an utterly meaningless statement tossed in for absolutely no reason, then. OK. And,…

"…but the examples of modern scientists are not relevant to my point that the advances in mathematics, physics, medicine, and astronomy that led to modern discoveries were possible because the elite made it possible to let a select few take their time away from agrarian labors and
day-to-day survival."

"You talk like Katrina is the only hurricane that has ever occurred. I never suggested an absolute like every response to a catastrophe by a large state will be a success."

But a large scale country should, according to your logic, be able to respond effectively to Hurricane Katrina. In fact, it didn't respond adequately for weeks after, and New Orleans has yet to recover. And not the state or federal governments had made adequate preparations for an eventuality like Katrina, even though…

You're wrong. Scarcity is largely the result of distribution. There are more than enough resources in the world today to guarantee every single human being enough to eat, adequate shelter, education, medical care, and so on. The problem is this wealth is concentrated in the hands of a tiny minority. So much so that 62…

The problem isn't the result of lack of intelligence, it's largely the result of scale. Larger scale societies are more inegalitarian than small scale societies. Why? Because decision making is, by necessity, taken away from the people and centralized in a distant capital in the hands of an elite. It's no coincidence…

You're wrong. What you term "human nature" precludes no such thing. In fact, as anthropologists have documented, human beings as a species have lived for the vast majority of our existence in fiercely egalitarian societies. It was only a mere 6,000 years ago, with the production of an agricultural surplus, and the…

Your argument is self-refuting. In a scarcity economy, it's "rational" not to want to share, lest you get less because others get more. In a post-scarcity economy, on the other hand, there is nothing you must share with anyone. Everyone has access (hence, post-scarcity) to the resources they need. And, with the advent…

Yeah, I agree. But Stewart's Daily Show was biting and incisive in spite of having to produce four shows a week. It wasn't perfect, and Stewart certainly had his share of off days, but so far, Noah hasn't come close to Stewart. Even Larry Wilmore, who had a fairly uneven start, has gotten measurably better. Sure,…

John Oliver is showing why he's the true heir to Jon Stewart. It's a shame Oliver wasn't available to replace Stewart on The Daily Show, because Trevor Noah so far has shown himself to be a real mediocrity by comparison.

Really? Hmmm, then maybe I'm misremembering. The arc episodes always seemed to be driven more by the plot rather than by the characters themselves. And a lot of that Syndicate stuff was, frankly, always a little bit too silly for me to take completely serious. So it's possible that I don't remember these episodes as…

I'll be tuning in, too. And, I suspect, so will a lot of other people. Shame on us all…