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How to Grow Up

How to Grow Up

Early Childhood
Little kids are pure id; it’s all impulse. You ask them if they want another scoop of ice cream, and they’re thinking: “Do I want another scoop?! Are you nuts or just an idiot? Of course I want more ice cream. We should eat nothing but ice cream. This is what I’ve been telling you since the… Read the rest

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Guy Fox | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

What if Male Superheroes Posed Like Female Superheroes?

I like how Superman's hand is wider than Wonder woman's waist.

This is the cover of Justice League #1. If you are shocked and appalled by this, I should point out that this is what comic book covers have looked like for most of the last ninety billion years:
Then someone decided to point out how stupid Wonder woman looked by drawing all the male character in similar… Read the rest

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Pastabagel | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

Guess Who Dies in Green Lantern.

We do love our superhero movies, don’t we. I’ve had something of a pet theory for a few years now that says that all superhero comic book mythologies are little more than the superego punishing the id in a celebration of a superficially Nietzschean, almost fascist worldview. What is much more interesting is why audiences find these stories so… Read the rest

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Pastabagel | Tagged , , , , , | 15 Comments

Religion and Capitalism, or: We are all still Christians.

Religion and Capitalism, or: We are all still Christians.

Just the one more, I think. And then I’ll leave you alone.
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Marx: “They do not know it, but they are doing it.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLp5m9PiQQ0
A question: “Who does he think he is? Who is he preening for? Who does he think is watching him?”
An answer: You. None of that happens without you. Whether you think “Ooh, look… Read the rest

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Robert | Tagged , , , , , , | 97 Comments

When Debate Fails, Turn to Analysis

The question is the symptom.

In a previous article, “Is Science Just a Matter of Faith?” I argued that for non-scientists, science is a matter of belief–faith, if you will–in the statements made by authority figures about science. An article in Mother Jones, “The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science”, presents a series of very elaborate and rather convoluted propositions from… Read the rest

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Pastabagel | Tagged , , , , , , | 34 Comments