Blinded Trials

On medicine and philosophy

Equality is beautiful

Russell Saunders June 26, 2013

Despite having lived in New York City for several years by that point, I had never attended...

Stupid Tuesday questions, “White” edition

Russell Saunders June 25, 2013

I am fond of Julie Delpy. I have, of course, never met Julie Delpy. I have never...

Nobody this ignorant should be making laws anywhere

Russell Saunders June 24, 2013

I usually avoid commenting on the stupid things people say when crafting laws at the state level. ...

I know I am going to regret this

Russell Saunders June 24, 2013

First of all, enough already with the breathless coverage of Edward Snowden’s location. Really. Enough. As much...

Fish on Saturday Morning Gaming: It’s Time to Talk About Bloodlines 2Creeping toward the end of Baldur's Gate 3 at last (I want to actually FINISH it so I can go back an…
Moderateguy on Wednesday Music: Bob Mould Does It AgainFU:EL, to me, had better songs (if not a better overall sound) than Copper Blü. "Your Favorite Thing…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Yeah. I'm kinda surprised they let Israel even participate.
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025A ship has just hit the Brooklyn Bridge. Please drink responsibly.
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025You are dealing with a social species. That makes nearly everything political.
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025I, personally, wish that we had arenas where we could say stuff like "leave the politics at the door…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Eurovision hosts seemed to have a freak out when it looked like Israel was going to win. If you are…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025In video game news, Ubisoft Ubisoft stock price fell after it announced that it would be using its c…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Here's a fun exercise: Look at what actually happened in the last year and a half and, take as a sta…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Where the theory doesn't work you should change the theory, not insist that facts don't matter.