I chuckled when I saw this graphic on Facebook:
Why, indeed? Especially if the world had been carefully planned out by an omniscient and omnipotent being. Well, I do see a compelling connection between nipples and religion, and it is the Terror Management Theory.
Michael Morris has given us another entertaining post on the opaque salve of religion, applied this time in the courtroom. The title of this post: "Claiming You’re Jesus’ BFF Can Prove You’re Sane . . . And Get You Killed!"
I just don't know what to think when I hear of mega-fat people, those who grew while they were bed-ridden. This type of spectacle simply has to be enabled by others, because there's no way these people can get to food on their own. These are stories of intense co-dependence. They have to be. The murder allegations here almost seem like a distraction to the main story.
In this article at Big Think, Paul Ekman discusses micro-expressions, subtle cues that could tell others what we are really feeling, if only those other people were trained to spot those micro-expressions.
Everyone misspeaks in public from time to time. It really is unfair to pick on politicians for the occasional gaffe. But it is fair to ask at what point such gaffes are valid signs of a fundamental problem. I think Dan Quayle simply needed to stick to the prepared statements—he did not “wing it” very well, but he kept trying, and slipped repeatedly on his inherent inability to compose cogent remarks on the fly. But Romney is beginning to show some serious problems. Never mind his 47% statement, he was arguably playing to his crowd. But his recent remarks about being unable to open the windows in an airliner are very troubling.