Day: 2008-01-04

Who made the seeds?

By lauredhel on 2008-01-04 • ( 4 )

[image source] We were examining seedless grapes after dinner, biting them in half to see what they look like inside, holding them up to light to examine the veining, peeling the skin off with our teeth. We noticed that they… Read More ›

Another evpsych logic-wormhole: monkey-whores and the mating market

By lauredhel on 2008-01-04 • ( 5 )

[image source] via AFP: “Cost of coitus: Male monkeys pay for sex”. Weekly rag New Scientist is all over this paper by Gumert, who, surprise surprise, teaches evolutionary psychology, not primate biology. (I can’t get to full versions – can… Read More ›

Censoring the Internet: Conroy plays King Canute

By Guest Poster on 2008-01-04 • ( 1 )

[This is a guest post by strangedave, yoinked with permission from a comment here. David is a board member of Electronic Frontiers Australia, and many other things besides. Here, he addresses the current plan for mandatory, national, opt-out ISP-based internet… Read More ›