Reading Time: 6 minutes Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has given us the concept of memes—items of information that replicate themselves by being copied from one human brain to another. They evolve in a manner similar to genetic life and sometimes combine in a coordinated group known as a memeplex just as genes do in complex animals. We (our genetic […]
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Posted inReligion
Why evangelical youth ministers can’t ‘innovate’
Reading Time: 10 minutes Caught between the devil of a church model that many evangelical leaders openly criticize and the deep blue sea of an empty youth ministry, evangelical youth ministers have little choice.
Posted inGaming, Religion
COVID denialists are humanity’s griefers
Reading Time: 8 minutes One of her biggest mistakes might be how she views COVID denialists themselves. They are, in essence, griefers. And ignoring griefers does not make them go away.
Posted inPolitics
Right-Wing Meme Stupidity
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ll give you 5 seconds to work out the complete stupidity and ignorance in the following meme (that’s not to say all memes are perfect, of course): Yeah, that wasn’t hard. It’s so depressing. Indeed, I would actually call this a form of disinformation. This was shared by Larry Elder himself as he battles Democrat […]
Posted inComedy
It’s Meme-O’clock
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feel free to add yours… Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher You can also buy me a cuppa. Or buy some of my awesome ATP merchandise! Please… It justifies me continuing to do this!
Posted inGaming, General, Religion
COVID Denialists Are Humanity’s Griefers
Reading Time: 8 minutes One of her biggest mistakes might be how she views COVID denialists themselves. They are, in essence, griefers. And ignoring griefers does not make them go away.
Posted inScience
Dragon Man: We Found Another Ancient Neighbor (LSP #198)
Reading Time: 6 minutes Hi and welcome back! I love ancient history and archaeology, so I keep up with news about it. And this news is something special indeed. See, we’ve found yet another ancient pre-human species. And this one might be our closest neighbor of all. Today, Lord Snow Presides over the increasingly-crowded ancient world that gave rise […]
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The Schadenfreude Files: Mar-a-Lago Mood is ‘Dispirited’ Lately, Y’all (LSP #176)
Reading Time: 6 minutes Today, Lord Snow Presides over the ‘dispirited’ feel at the Mar-a-Lago resort, leading to its recent hemorrhage of paying members.
Posted inReligion
‘A Word from the Lord’ Still Doesn’t Make Sense (LSP #160)
Reading Time: 7 minutes Today, Lord Snow Presides over these bizarre little performances and how they’re used in authoritarian groups!
Posted inComedy
It’s Tuesday. Time for Some Fun.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here are some Tuesday memes for you.