Category: Real World
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Cooking Bacon
World’s Only Perfect Woman is generally a much better cook than I am. But for some reason, I usually end up cooking when we’re having bacon. I have evidence that there are people who cook bacon better than I do. But here’s the easy stuff for people who’ve never had someone to get them started.…
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Economics and Resources and Scarcity
I just got done reading a awful science fiction novel. Part of the reason it was bad was because the author did not understand economics, being so eager to mock capitalism that he got caught up in things that capitalism is not, so let’s back up a moment here and look at. Resources are things…
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On Legal Adulthood
People seem a little fuzzy about the concept of adulthood and legal adulthood, so let’s take a look at. Adulthood is that state where a person has been adjudged by society and the culture to be capable of making their own decisions and dealing with the consequences of those decisions. There are responsibilities that come…
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Capitalism
Capitalism gets a lot of bad press. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that since capitalism has no press agent, it’s a convenient whipping boy for governmental failures. But when you examine the actual historical record, what capitalism gets blamed for is damned near always the product of government meddling with the market.…
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You’re Not Arguing Science, You’re Preaching Religion
Last week, I followed the Facebook page of an author I once used to respect. After three days where literally every post – roughly 10-12 – had lengthy screeds against those of differing political persuasion, I dropped him. If he’d been using facts, or talking about the science of the matter, that would have been…