Recent content by LeRoy_Was_Here

Gee, Max, maybe it is because NONE of the posters you mention in the second group have ever falsely called me a Communist, or a sexual predator, or a parasite, or claimed I was cheating the taxpayers, or accused me of "hating all Christians". You know, for reasons like that.....

You have clearly demonstrated that you have pretty much NEVER read The Economist. The letter I am referring to was the last letter on the Letters-to-the-Editor page in last week's issue. Why is that relevant? Well, because of this: It has been a LONG-STANDING tradition at The Economist to...

Oh, my LORD!! Is this colossally dumb, or WHAT?!?! This is tantamount to a claim that U.S. newspapers, like say The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times, should not report on elections or political campaigns taking place in foreign countries. So if there is some heated political campaign...

The Economist was passing along a bit of a column by Nate Silver. Do you know WHO Nate Silver is? He is probably the most accurate pollster in the United States; he called EVERY state correctly in the last Presidential election. Here is a brief excerpt from the Nate Silver column that The...

We might be able to extend the average human life span to something like 180 years in this century, if we invest enough in bio-medical research, which is poised on the verge of revolutionary developments. Weirdly, though, America has been cutting BACK on bio-medical research.

During the financial crisis of 2008-2009, I saw a funny cartoon. It showed a fellow selling T-shirts with the large caption: Capitalism Is Dead!! He was making a lot of money, with a big smile on his face......

The God gene?!? Could you link us to a peer-reviewed science journal article on the God gene? Because I've never heard of it! Do you happen to know which chromosome the God gene is located on? Is it located on your 'extra' chromosome?

Except I don't think it's a false accusation at all, Max. It happens to be my honest opinion of that poster's communication skills. Did you know that he claimed he was the former head of an engineering department at Cal Tech? Now THAT'S a lie. A BIG one.

I was visiting Thailand in the mid-1980's, and encountered some people there who had this belief. I think they were recent migrants from the countryside to the big city (Bangkok).....

For all we know, this could go back to the Neanderthals.....or even earlier. When did the concept of an afterlife first emerge? In the murky mists of prehistory.......

Well, the libertarian side, I would think. Just FYI, I do NOT consider you an enemy. An occasional antagonist, to be sure, and a very capable one. But not an enemy. I kind of put Lukey in the same category. On the other hand, I would have to place folks like Drumcollie, Dawg, Marvin Martian...

Aaarrgh! My pet peeve! I HATE the phrase 'from whence'!! Whence MEANS: from where. So if you write "from whence", it translates as: from from where. Call me a grammar Nazi if you wish, but I HATE that!

I've heard the name, but no. On the other hand, I am probably one of a small handful of Americans who has read perhaps HALF of this monumental work: Science and Civilisation in China (1954–2008) is a series of books initiated and edited by British biochemist and self-trained Sinologist Joseph...

Totally agree. Free speech MUST be defended. This is non-negotiable. It is a natural right of human beings to be able to say ANYTHING they want. I was disappointed that the Vatican recently came out with a statement suggesting that religious beliefs should not be subjected to criticism or...

Did you know that elephants are terrified of bees? To such an extent that farmers that want to protect their crops from marauding elephants in Africa have learned to become bee-keepers, and have bee hives around their fields. The elephants will not go near the fields then. Imagine a bee...