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I tried to read Zinn’s book. I really did. I tried extra hard, seeing how it’s referenced in Good Will Hunting.

But I couldn’t. I don’t think it’s anything wrong with the book. A lot of people have said they liked it a lot, or at least found it compelling. 

I’m pretty sure I know why: history is boring. I know, I know, some of the 7 readers I have will say it’s not. But you’re wrong. That’s right, you’re wrong in your opinion.

It’s nothing we can change. We can’t affect it. We can’t manipulate it. 

I think this is why I’m so … Continue Reading

I think in everyone there’s some sense of wonder. It manifests itself in stupid things (”what happens if I light my hand on fire?”) to funny things (”what happens if I put the cat in the crib with the baby?”) to awesome things (”why is light getting bent around some invisible spot in the universe?”)

As wonder increases, we’re required to shed some preconceptions. Maybe electricity isn’t magic, and follows a set of rules. Maybe bacteria doesn’t spontaneously appear (this was a valid theory for the origin of life for a long time), but comes from other bacteria and changes over … Continue Reading