Gus Van Horn blog Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 1. Alex Epstein, author of the best-selling The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, recently received an inappropriate subpoena from Maura Healey, the Attorney General of Massachusetts. Healey has evidently joined a fishing expedition designed to silence anyone who questions the scientific merit of global warming alarmism. Showing a flair for gauging the intelligence and moral stature of his audience -- and addressing it in language it can understand -- Epstein pennedthe following response, which I quote in full:Fuck off, fascist.Aside from the direct assault on freedom of speech (and property rights) Healey's actions represent, a brief story about the response in the Daily Caller notes a few other problems with the order. (HT: HBL) 2. I like Linux and I can't wait to introduce my children to Harry Potter. It follows that I'd get a kick out of bash aliases for Harry Potter enthusiasts, as seen at GitHub. 3. Not a moment too soon comes a style guide on how to cover Donald Trump fairly, fromthe Washington Post. It may come as a surprise that such turns of phrase as, "cocktail shrimp in a toupee," and "husk of dead skin and hyperbole," are listed as bad. (HT: Snedcat) 4. When synesthesia and colorblindness meet, you get ... "Martian colors":We also observed one case in which we believe cross activation enables a colorblind synesthete to see numbers tinged with hues he otherwise cannot perceive; charmingly, he refers to these as "Martian colors." Although his retinal color receptors cannot process certain wavelengths, we suggest that his brain color area is working just fine and being cross-activated when he sees numbers ... More on the interesting phenomenon of synesthesia can be had at the link above and at another article, which starts off with time-space synesthesia. -- CAV Link to Original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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