Never Censored

When it comes to music, there are a ton of great songs out there. It seriously pisses me off, however, when I fall in love with a song only to realize that the "you"s and "us"es to which the song refers actually imply God. I think it's because I think that's a cop-out-- regardless of your faith. Simply put, it robs the song of any depth or insight.

I discovered something miraculous today: the way to win almost any argument is by quoting lines from the "Colors of the Wind" song from Pocahontas. I mean, there's obviously the element of surprise when you quote a Disney Indian, but while your opponent is citing Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde, you have a modern ace up your sleeve-- lyrics from Pocahontas.

Let's explore a few situations.

In chemistry, we do a lot of otherwise boring things: thermodynamics, reaction rates, and solubility are just a few of the topics. Of course, they're all allegedly essential and can be the difference between millions of dollars in reaction yield. The problem I'm having recently, however, is that overall, I've come to realize one thing: they're all useless.

Yes, that's right. Useless. They're a complete waste of time and money, because they're archaic techniques-- things that only old scientists in old, dark labs from the 1800s still practice. Today, we have a much better technique for increasing reaction yields that was invented in the 1970s. Even better, it's spurred creative development on multiple fronts, exceeding some of the greatest developments in the fields of neuroscience. It's a more practical alternative to antiquated scientific methods that instead involves a remarkably non-scientific approach. It's so ingenious, I think it should be published in Nature or Science right on the front page. You might even be able to patent it.

So what, exactly, is this new method? It's actually rather simple: the War on Drugs.

I had a recent complaint that my blog entries were too long. So, I decided to make an obnoxiously short one.

You know how lots of schools, parents, churches, and media organizations are pissed about what children are wearing nowadays and have adopted strict dress codes to prevent them from dressing like "pimps" and "hoes?"

Well, I invite you take a gander at the (also short) Wikipedia page on one of my favorite topics, psychological reactance.

There. Simple. Short. ADHD-friendly.

Cheers. :P