Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philosophy_of_%27As_if%27

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/16/cdc-investigates-why-so-many-high-school-students-in-wealthy-palo-alto-have-committed-suicide/?utm_term=.efc44522c6bc The problem with rich kids https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-silicon-valley-suicides/413140/  

https://twitter.com/celeste_class/status/945032973740576769 Why do we love dogs? Why do we love this video? We love dogs to the degree that they are human but also because they are not. They are the “always infant” without the dependency. They are fluffy. Hmmm.

Sex is a (nearly) discrete, binary variable. Biological categories so often have fuzzy borders, though, and intersex is real. Gender, with more inputs, is a continuous variable—but strongly bimodal. Its borders are even fuzzier. ~ Sex is the digital to … Continue reading →

http://religionnews.com/2017/12/25/mormons-baptizing-jews/