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I wonder if I'd have lived any differently the past 18 months if Covid hadn't happened? What with generally being quite hermetic and not really into venturing into the world anyways. During that time I've lived in two different places in Mexico, both with populations of about 30 people and...

The UAP guys who normally oppose you seemed to like it though. :)

Flicking through The Spiritual Brain: A Nueroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul. Seems to show that the materialist and dogmatic skeptic position on certain things is really not quite as well-thought out as they like to think it is.

There's an elephant in the room here - they may appear "ordinary people" but, as I'm sure Rousseau would remind us, it doesn't logically follow that "ordinary" equals "honest" or "sane". Some might argue the opposite is more likely the case.

When I first had the idea I misremembered the title. But it amused me to keep the misremembering. Plus it fits the premise better (and in the book OJ also misremembers the title of the other book).

Number 1 now :D

Aha! Some months ago I mentioned that I was writing a very silly book involving conspiracy theories and then a few posts above I mentioned that I'd just read a very silly conspiracy theory book about how it was actually OJ Simpson who masterminded 9/11 - but no one put 2+2 together. Anyways...

I like it: Metabunk 2.0, where every claim of evidence for something is just met with a flat out refutation of the 'theory' as a whole Claim: 9/11 something something girders gravity passport own footprint CNN Refutation: It wasn't an inside job, Arabs did it. Get over it Claim: Blurry blob...

I'm from the UK and have also lived in the US - but I didn't understand the cookie jar question either. Regarding the so-called 'battery', I don't think there's any doubt that it could have produced a current and been used for electroplating (assuming it was a battery and not a scroll/cookie...

I got picked up hitch-hiking once by the co-writer of that song and we became quite good friends. Still keep in touch some 14 years later and help one another with creative projects.

When I lived and practiced in a Buddhist meditation centre we didn't use garlic in the kitchen, apparently because it promotes 'sexual energy' and may hinder meditation. I believe Ayurveda also says this, though I couldn't point anyone to a particular text. Maybe science has confirmed garlic as...

You might know that. But she doesn't. ;)

No. Her: does my bum look big in this? Him: I love your bum Her: that wasn't the question - and by your evasion I can only assume that you think it does look big Him: baby, I love your bum. I mean it. It's the best. Come here and - Her: get away from me.

But that wasn't the question. ;)

So when she says "do I look ugly today?" or "does my bum look big in this?" you say...?

Your mom's one up on me: I haven't heard of the tea party either. At least, I don't think I have. Unless it was a militia thing out west somewhere. Guns and hicks and maybe a stand-off or something. I hope you're right that none of the women you play FB games with are paranoid or mentally...

Also, are you saying you only know these women from your FB games online and have never met them in real life?

Well I guess that's a good example of why it's better to answer questions clearly and in our own words rather than supplying open-to-interpretation analogies that compare our subjects to people who do often seem to be "mentally unstable" and "paranoid" (ie, flat earthers). But that's my fault...

Is that sarcasm? I can't tell. :D Ah. So sometimes my interpretations are okay; that's good to know. Though in my head it's not so different from #51. Perhaps my use of terms like "mentally unstable" and "paranoid" comes across as stronger than intended? Like I don't imagine them as raving...

Yep, I can see that - and I'm sure it's true. Actually, I don't think I ever said the pastel Q women were "mentally unstable" or "paranoid" - where I've used those words it was either my interpretation of what you were saying or what the authors of the book said (I think right at the start of...