It turns out that science isn’t the infallible, objective thing it’s made out to be. This does not always come as a surprise, but until recently I rarely realized how deep science’s subjectivity goes. After all, humans are the ones designing the experiments, and they are the ones interpreting the results. Scientists frame their empiricism [...]
Why is taste a legitimate defense for eating meat (and dairy and eggs)? Almost every conversation I have with people about veganism ends with a smile and “it just tastes so good!” Being friendly, I remain casual and let the subject drop — but inside, my mind’s eye is twitching because I find this ‘argument’ [...]
Heck yeah! Obama won!
I guess I can stay in the country after all!
My week in Hawaii was not a vacation, I can tell you that. I went to see if I might be an apprenticed to an inventor named Dean after graduation, but it turned out that he had an agenda for the week we (my dad and I) were there. I never quite figured out what [...]