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Evolutionary Psychology is the Reason I Only Have Boys

Here’s the basic idea: Those personality traits that encourage successful reproduction in that person’s progeny are favored. Those that don’t, well, die out. The idea has been around since the 1960s or so. Especially in the mating game, it explains a whole lot. Like–why men have the roving eye. You see, a man’s investment in [...]

Ever Wonder Why Pregnant Women Don’t Fall Over?

Wonder no more. After last week’s bummer post about the massive loss of knowledge that accompanied the dawn of the Christian Era, I thought we might need a tad of a respite before we delved into the early Christian view of women and sexuality, which is also a total bummer. So, we go back to [...]

Not So Intelligent Design

Or, perhaps, God is a man after all. That’s the only other explanation. Which might actually be the same explanation. I, personally, could have done a much better job. And I’m not even omniscient (shh-don’t tell the kids). Consider the following points: While babies heads got bigger, the space you have to push them out [...]

Texas Enters Enlightenment, Sees Shadow, and Ducks Back into Dark Ages

By a narrow margin, the Texas Board of Education voted on Thursday to enter the Enlightenment, a philosophical and scientific movement that began in Europe in the mid 18th century. Remember, news takes longer to travel by carrier pigeon. (Note for fellow Texans whose pigeons have not yet dropped off the memo: Wikipedia’s entry starts [...]