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In Praise of Sheep

In Praise of Sheep

I hope that, after reading this, you might at the very least join me in seriously contemplating whether it might be true that if there is hope, it lies in the sheeple.

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The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

Have you ever seen a news story about something you yourself have gone through? Or read a magazine article about a subject you happen to be familiar with? If so, then you've likely experienced what most people have felt in that situation: anger and bemusement. "How...

December Open Thread (2023)

Ho ho ho! It's December. It's cold. It's about to get snowy. So why not pull the laptop up to the fire, kick back with some hot cocoa and share a bit of holiday joy with the Corbett Report community? So what's on your mind right now? The latest news from Gaza? The...

What is the Future of Food?

If "you are what you eat," as the old adage has it, then what does that make us? As consumers of heavily processed, chemically treated, GMO-infested gunk, we in the modern, developed world have "solved" the problem of hunger that plagued our forebears since time...

New Year Open Thread (2023)

Happy New Year, everyone! Yes, 2023 is upon us and there is much to discuss, including: the obligatory predictions for trends and events in 2023 that are making the rounds at the moment; the Global Inculcation and AI Weapons in the West Bank; the annual World Economic...

Of Gay Wedding Cakes and Woke Restaurants

Remember the United States Supreme Court's momentous 2018 decision on Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission? Probably not, huh? But what if I say "the gay wedding cake case"? Starting to ring a bell? It probably will ring a bell for American...

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