Comments on: In the EEA, Tactical Nuclear Weapons Were Highly Fitness-Enhancing

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:53:43 +0000

It’s entirely possible I’m missing something here, but how’s Israel faring with 35 big ‘n’ heftys let off in the neighborhood?

Don’t guess that President Coulter’s too particular about wind directions ‘n stuff.

Mmm-kay. We can let the no-good Americans travelling in the Middle East go. Brits, Canadians, Old Europeans, Indians, citizens of every other nation – you just got in the way. Sorry about that. Guess you won’t hate us, ‘cos we acted out of virtue.

Plus, last I checked – and I’m English, so no, I can read a map – Afghanistan isn’t in the Middle East. So Osama Bin Laden is saying “WTF?” along with the rest of the still-living.

By: Chris Williams

Chris Williams — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:20:18 +0000

Moving on from that nutter, #65 opens up a point that’s gradually becoming more clear to me as I have more to do with PhD examinations.

Though in theory it’s the external examiner’s job to ensure academic rigour, in practice, the internal is more keen about this. After all, it’s not immediately obvious who K’s external was, but any fule kno that he got his PhD from the University of Arizona.

Draw your own conclusions about the University of Arizona. I know I just did.

By: ajay

ajay — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:07:35 +0000

63: good point. Certainly something dramatic would have happened around April or whenever it was that that ELINT plane ended up on Hainan.

By: john m. (not the other guy who has appeared recently)

john m. (not the other guy who has appeared recently) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:34:43 +0000

“He got his PhD from my department”

Somebody gave this moronic fucker a PHD? Bet they feel proud…

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:59:44 +0000

Heck, they have lots more than 35. Wouldn’t have taken mopre than a dozen to deal with the PRK, just one for the ICC at the Hague…. Cuba? Hmmm…. depends on the prevailing winds, after all, Coulter has a house in Florida, doesn’t she?

By: dsquared

dsquared — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:12:28 +0000

I think the really interesting thing is the assumption that the USA would not only have survived nine months of a Coulter presidency, but done so with its nuclear weapons roughly intact. Seems unlikely to me.

By: Naadir Jeewa

Naadir Jeewa — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:05:06 +0000

proteoeconomics

By: Johnny Pez

Johnny Pez — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:17:54 +0000

OK, so when everybody got sociobiology’s number they rebranded as “evolutionary psychology” to avoid the flak – now what are they going to call themselves?

Doesn’t matter. Pick two science-y sounding words that don’t actually go together. Like . . . (picks up Asimov’s Guide to Science, closes eyes, points twice) molecular economics.

There you go. Brand new name for the same old crap. Enjoy.

By: Paul Gowder

Paul Gowder — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:17:30 +0000

Holy shit.

Well, I hate Kanazawa now. Can we contribute that hatred to the war effort? Perhaps we can drop Kanazawa off in Tehran to give us a good incentive to nuke it?

By: RobW

RobW — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:24:01 +0000

OK, so when everybody got sociobiology’s number they rebranded as “evolutionary psychology” to avoid the flak – now what are they going to call themselves?

By: cosma

cosma — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:54:06 +0000

57: Read Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.

By: Nick Valvo

Nick Valvo — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:01:25 +0000

This has always been my little thought experiment about sociobiology as a discipline. Can you imagine a feminist sociobiology? What would that be like?

By: Naadir Jeewa

Naadir Jeewa — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:05:20 +0000

@51 I know a good mid-atlantic fault.

By: dsquared

dsquared — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:11:24 +0000

“Psychologies” magazine has certainly got spicier over the last couple of months; when I picked up a copy on a train [1] it was all full of quizzes like “Is He Really Committed To You?” aimed at the soppier kind of bird.

[1] yes that is how I got to read it, do you think I’m lying or something?

By: Tomas

Tomas — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:42:17 +0000

Ah but you see. That why we have more nukes!

Hitler had the right idea, he just didnt have enough hardware.