Monthly Archives: February 2021

Links and Comments: Psychology; Texas; QAnon; Lying

Posted on Saturday 27 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

The psychology of Capitol rioters; Texas and Republicans; Climate change migration; QAnon as religion; The right to lie on the internet; The Big Lie and voter suppression.

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Link and Comments: From McCarthyism to the Assault on the Capitol, via 1951 SF movies

Posted on Saturday 27 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Slate: What UFOs and Joe McCarthy Have to Do With the Assault on the Capitol. Who knew?

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Nonfiction Notes: Michael Shermer’s HOW WE BELIEVE

Posted on Friday 26 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Michael Shermer, How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science. Freeman, 2000 When I was writing up a post here about Shermer’s first book, Why People Believe Weird Things (post here), I realized Shermer in that … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments 19 Feb 2021

Posted on Friday 19 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Voter suppression; extremist behavior; “people are asking”; lack of predators; just world theory; covid revisionism; QAnon and Book of Revelations; radical women politicians; lousy tippers.

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Notes and Quotes: Ray Bradbury on Good, Evil, and Knowledge

Posted on Friday 19 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Bradbury, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1962) When I read or reread some two dozen Ray Bradbury books three years ago, in January and February 2018, I skipped this 1962 novel (despite it being one of only two genuine novels … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Reality as a Common Ground

Posted on Friday 19 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

“Common ground,” false balance, reality and science, coronavirus evolution, Heinlein on facts, Tucker C still spreading alarmist lies.

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Links and Comments: RL, as despicable as DJT

Posted on Thursday 18 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Vox: Rush Limbaugh’s toxic legacy, subtitled “Rush Limbaugh is dead at 70. The Republican Party he poisoned is very much alive.”

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Links and Comments: Republicans and Doing the Right Thing, Not; Religion as LARP

Posted on Thursday 18 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Adam Kinzinger; Pat Toomey; role playing games.

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Links and Comments: Astronomical Photos from APOD

Posted on Wednesday 17 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

After seeing links to the site Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) occasionally on my Facebook friends’ posts over the past few months, I added it to my morning regimen of sites to check every day. Here’s today’s. Click for … Continue reading →

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Nonfiction Notes: Matthew Hutson’s The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking

Posted on Monday 15 February 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Matthew Hutson, The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane (Penguin/Hudson Street Press, 2012) Yet another book about irrational beliefs and cognitive illusions! After the ones by Shermer, Duffy, and Rosenberg just discussed. … Continue reading →

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