So long …
I’ve decided to pause this blog. My efforts over the summer will be focused elsewhere … If you actually miss something check out: Https://goatbells.blog https://bsky.app/profile/goatbells.bsky.social
Are these times the toughest?
I think we often find ourselves looking out at the world and seeing only strife and trouble … tough times no doubt, right? But are these really the toughest of times? Probably depends on one’s life position – race, class, location, etc. There isn’t one answer to apply generally, but I believe there is one…
You thought humans were special?
Two recent publications on other animals DNA (RNA) and capabilities sure puts humans to shame … humans are really not that special, regardless of what you think about yourself. Horses Horses are engineered (DNA) to perform at endurance rates humans can only fantasize about with robotics. Per the post in Popular Science, birds also have…
To give or to receive?
There are myriad of great questions both real and rhetorical… but this one struck me with a ton of bricks. What is the better life position, to focus on receiving what is wanted / needed, or to focus on giving what one feels others need? Basically, do we live to receive or to give? That…
In the beginning was the word, …
… and the word was, “RUN!” or, “HIDE!” or, “STAY!” Totally makes sense that history started with a word, else what could be told to others? This is not focused on making sounds, but a communicative language. A recent genomic study places human divergence driving language somewhere 135,000 years past. Based on what the genomics data indicate…
Your mindless internet browsing is cooking the planet
We all do it … boredom, restlessness, etc … we scroll around, we browse around looking for something to distract us, to help us forget important things. Doom scrolling, mindless internet browsing, or whatever you call it … it’s cooking the planet according to a new study from The Ecologist. It’s not, however, your internet…