Polymath at Large

kw: tv shows I am not in a serious mood today. I've watched about half of the showings of ABC's Wipeout since it began airing just...

kw: autism, statistics This morning I heard an ad I have heard many times, in which Curt Schilling ends by saying, "The chances of ha...

kw: medicine, diagnostic procedures, philosophy I recently spoke at some length with a close friend who is an orthopedic surgeon. At one p...

kw: book reviews, science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, humor When the book opens with a report detailing the goblins' cult of unggue, ...

kw: salesmanship My wife has been looking for a new car for a few months. She had a list of things she wanted, and it seemed no car in our...

kw: book reviews, nonfiction, essays, words, english language I am not one of the twitterati. I do not have a Twitter account. I have trou...

kw: book reviews, nonfiction, mathematics, statistics, history It is curious. As long as there have been formal, mathematical methods, the...

kw: food, meats, carnivorousness, vegetarianism I have been thinking about future food supplies. Not long ago I re-read portions of E. O. ...

kw: leadership Tipped off by a friend, I read an article titled Few follow the leader these days , by David Brooks. He writes of "jus...

kw: book reviews, mythology I have come to realize I am at best an average writer. I am most comfortable with the essay format, so this bl...

kw: book reviews, nonfiction, psychology, emotions "Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I'm going out and eat worms," my mo...

kw: observations, apparel Two and a half years ago I posted about a printed label inside undershirts, that got scratchy with use. For ref...

kw: sports I don't watch sports much, except for the Olympics. But, having lived in Oklahoma prior to moving to the East Coast, I had ...

kw: musings, near-death experiences, beliefs Getting ready to review the book Heaven is for Real , which I reviewed yesterday, I did a lot...

kw: book reviews, nonfiction, faith, heaven, near-death experiences A friend loaned me a book and asked me what I think of it: Heaven is f...

kw: book reviews, humor I didn't tag either "fiction" or "nonfiction", because there is a little of both in Earth ...

kw: book reviews, nonfiction, science, education, polemics, pseudoscience It did not make me happy to read Denying Science: Conspiracy The...

kw: international events, stunts I just finished watching Nik Wallenda wire-walk across the Horseshoe Falls of Niagara, from the American ...

kw: medicine, alternative medicine, toxins I saw another news article about mercury in vaccines, and was stunned to read that people are s...

kw: alternative medicine, cancer, fungi A relative loaned me a DVD, a documentary about nine treatments that are purported to cure cancers...