A rather non-classical Friday goddess, surrounded by mutant(?) bluebirds or something to that effect...
Friday, April 17, 2026
Hello, Houston, u have a prob
"The crisis in cosmology is even bigger than u think, earthling, muh-hah-hah-hah"
Thanks for noticing
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| - Remember us, human? |
New research proves that the Hubble tension is real and that there actually is a crisis in cosmology. Thanks for noticing!
Elephants have no rights
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| - Gotta problem with pachyderms, huh huh? |
Why animal rights and veganism doesn´t work. The brains of our ancestors (Homo erectus again) became big thanks to hunting and feasting on primordial elephants...
Without "speciesism", no Man. Deal with it.
Clear as crystal
A sequel to the previous blog post. Homo erectus collected crystals already 800,000 years ago. Other hominins have also valued these little trinkets. Here is a quote from the paper linked below: "Notably, none of those crystals was used as a tool, weapon or ornament. They were neither worked, modified or repurposed in any way, nor do they show signs of use as jewels. Yet, hominins valued these stones enough to transport them from the geological outcrops to the caves used as refuges. These findings suggest that, almost 800,000 years ago— possibly earlier if additional claims are confirmed—, H. erectus displayed attraction to quartz and calcite crystals, treasuring them for reasons beyond practical necessity." The authors point out that in Homo sapiens, this would surely have been interpreted as evidence for symbolic thought!
Unfortunetely, the bulk of the paper is less impressive. Why is it strange that a few chimpanzees from circuses who are used to seeing and handling objects of human interest find crystals sufficiently alluring to collect them? Clue: it isn´t, and the researchers even admit it themselves. They recommend studies on wild apes instead...
Ahem. So nothing has really been proven here.
Connected to the cosmos
This is sheer speculation, of course, but it´s still intriguing. Hindus actually worship ammonite fossils (shaligrama stones), so that´s certainly a thing. But did Homo erectus really have a symbolic culture? I mean, could they even speak? It would be absolutely fascinating if the erecti were "spiritual but not religious"! Apparently, even chimpanzees collect shiny stones with no obvious utilitarian purpose...
Diagnostic dilemma
This is really a pro-paranormal article, but strangely enough, it has been published on the pro-science website Live Science?! The case is interesting, to be sure. Read it before it´s removed.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Young at heart
A young Doreen Virtue when she promoted "New Age occultism" at the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Cyberpunk
Is this really existing cyberpunk? We assumed we would be living in cyber-utopia by now. Or at the very least a very interesting cyber-dystopia (think "Blade Runner"). Instead, we got...this.
A humanoid robot named Edward chases invasive boars in Warsaw, Poland. Yes, really. Boars. Wild pigs. Suids.
"I have seen the fire birds of Orion, the space ships at Tannenberg Gate, the suids of Warsaw". HA HA HA!
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