Monthly Archives: July 2020

Links and Comments: Coronavirus, Climate Change, Risk Assessment

Posted on 8 July 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

(updated 9jul20, 11jul20) Salon, Amanda Marcotte: Climate-change denial and the coronavirus “hoax” are the same conspiracy theory. The worldwide conspiracy is vast — so vast that most of the world’s scientists, journalists and political leaders are in on it. Somehow, … Continue reading →

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Skiffy Flix: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Posted on 8 July 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

In the Fall of 2019, September and October, I began a systematic review of early science fiction films, and adjacent horror films, going all the way back to the beginning of modern film, so to speak–excepting the many silent-movie era … Continue reading →

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Notes for the Book: Timelines

Posted on 5 July 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

I love timelines, especially those scaled depictions of the progress of time from left (the past) to right (the present and the future). Back in the 8th grade, I think it was, I constructed such a timeline on a scroll … Continue reading →

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More About Good People vs. Bad, and (Gottschall) the Ubiquity of Conspiracy Theories

Posted on 4 July 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Slate, June 26, Jordan Weissman: The GOP’s One Big Excuse for Cutting Off Unemployment Benefits Isn’t Even True This topic echoes comments in recent posts about whether people are generally good or generally bad; conservatives presume the former (in particular, … Continue reading →

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About Dreams

Posted on 3 July 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Keying off the previous post, I was fascinated by Gottschall’s comments about dreams, how they often focus on important or threatening things in life. I’ve noticed certain themes in my own dreams, in that they invariably involve some problem, a … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Gottschall: THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL: How Stories Make Us Human

Posted on 3 July 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a nonfiction book from 2012 that I just read this past month. It’s one of three or four books I have (another is called HOUSTON, WE HAVE A NARRATIVE: WHY SCIENCE NEEDS STORY) that are about the idea of … Continue reading →

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Notes for the Book? Certainly Excerpt from the Memoirs. Hierarchy of Process Management: CMMI

Posted on 1 July 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

I’m frequently fascinated by trying to recreate my train of thought — or perhaps I should say, I occasionally realize how my train of thought came about and am fascinated by the realization. For five or six weeks now I’ve … Continue reading →

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