Tag: 2001:A Space Odyssey

  • ‘Paws Off My Waterhole!’ Some Thoughts On The Study Of Hierarchies

    ‘Paws Off My Waterhole!’ Some Thoughts On The Study Of Hierarchies

    Who benefits, and how, from the operation of human social hierarchies? This article from Michael W. Diehl looks at social and economic inequality and the need to asses the costs and benefits that accrue to persons of varying status in social hierarchies. This “behavioral ecology” has historically been concentrated on food selection between classes or…

  • Marriage Proposals While Orbiting Moon By 2022

    Marriage Proposals While Orbiting Moon By 2022

    Starting in 2022 it will be possible to ask for the beloved’s hand in marriage while flying over the lunar surface to the sound of Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon”. The one-week interplanetary flight will be carried out using a self-contained and autonomous spacecraft allowing the two lovers to travel alone. The ApoteoSurprise…

  • Revamped auto e-testing in Ontario is “ineffective money grab”

    Revamped auto e-testing in Ontario is “ineffective money grab”

                                              It’s time to scrap Ontario’s Drive Clean program and the latest reboot of the decade old Drive Clean program should get the boot altogether. I make this claim following the Wynne government’s latest set of changes introducing…