April 1 – 5
On April Fools day, Jennie Dushek teased the internet with the obituary of a great dad.
I wondered whether science has anything interesting to say about stupidity.
Cassie examined the evidence from the anti-vax side of the aisle and found it wanting.
Guest poster Michael Balter told us about the dinosaurs at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.
And Christie finally got the goods on a story you might remember about the woman who died after being refused CPR. Proving that maybe the Aschwanden rule should be that the real story is always far more complicated — and interesting — than you think it is.
Your website posits: “Curiosity and humility: the human condition.” Would that were so. IMHO, the average human creature relatively rarely exhibits either…but fastens self-righteously and with stupid insistence on some simple, satisfying and usually incorrect belief.
http://sdean.net/Righteousness.html
Great website.