Most people ion the world are trapped in what the early sociologist Max Weber called the "iron cage" of formal rationality. Anything that doesn't fit in their world view gets marginalized and explained away. There are a lot of concepts relating to the dehumanization of large sections of th...

It can take a lot of mental discipline to not broadcast that, "businesslike mindset," all over the place. Try not staring at the person you are approaching and try to not think about them either. Not easy by any measure but something to consider. Hey, it's not as conspicuous as wearing a t...

I think the ninja angle may be a dead end (no pun intended). Ninja were more about intelligence gathering than brutal disfiguring murders. While they certainly did use climbing claws both for scaling surfaces and hand to hand combat, they were more a weapon of convenience or desperation than somethi...

I really don't think I interpret life as, "salty." My enemies may very well be, "Stinky," though. Somethings just get my negapsychic side up and running.

Now we may have an alternative explanation for sudden colony collapse, the bees are getting sucked int jet engine intakes. Might be a good idea to figure out a way to stop this bee suicide before there aren't any left to pollinate the plants.