Our primary school had us make gruel, and then eat it. I can confirm that thick gruel is no less unpleasant than thin gruel. (View Post)

NDAs do seem to be standard, yes, which is an effing outrage. They should be strictly limited in time and extent to only what is necessary - development of a new product, for example. (View Post)

I think that one of the merits of civilization and philosophy is that they give us the ability to escape from Darwinian pressure, should we choose to do so. And, for the record, I chose my wife for h… (View Post)

It's true to say that we can't escape selective pressure, in the absence of an infinite population, but we could vary the criteria on which the selective pressure occurs. For example, the s… (View Post)

I don't accept that my brain requires anti-depressants indefinitely to prevent suicide. I prefer to believe that I suffer mostly for two reasons - because our capitalist society creates depressi… (View Post)