Equality

I think one of the reasons women have trouble on the internet is that in real life, they are used to special treatment most of the time. They are accustomed to being treated gently the vast majority of the time by most people.

On the internet, that goes away. I certainly do not attempt to treat women gently here. They said they want equality; I give it to ’em. Others are the same. Turns out equality feels like punishment and being mistreated.

Welcome to the world men have always lived in! Nice to have you!

Discursive

Why do math and physics come so easily to some people but feel almost impossible to others? What actually causes this gap?

Despite this being the disfavored explanation, it’s probably mostly genetic combined with congenital non-genetic brain differences.

I’m extremely good at anything verbal or language-based. And I can study 100x or even 1000x as long anything involving math and never achieve really anything. Yes, even if I understand the concept or practicum at the time perfectly, can do all the practice problems and apply it. As soon as I move on from that, it’s gone like smoke in the wind. It’s like I never learned it.

Whereas if I only glance for something for a second or two in the language realm, I’ll remember it forever.

It obviously is just built in and people hate that idea. Nevertheless, it’s true.

I do wonder, though, if some of my math incapacity comes from actual brain damage. I’m pretty sure I used to be a good deal better at math before I got hit in the head a lot as a kid and young teenager.

But what happened happened; can’t change it now.

ESA considers righting the wrongs of Ariane 6 by turning it into a Franken-rocket.

Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism.

Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. Itโ€™s protection against Russian propaganda.

2026 Looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism.

Whatโ€™s hilarious about that difference in โ€œWhat turns you onโ€ is that both sides are utterly blind to โ€œthis is a built in thing. They canโ€™t change, because this is part of how it is. And no, theyโ€™re not just pretending, they really are different.โ€.

This under-the-radar labor market chart is scaring economists right now.

ICE Can Now Spy on Every Phone in Your Neighborhood.

I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.