Lamarck wasn’t the first to come up with a theory of evolution and Darwin wasn’t right about the mechanism.

Charles Darwin’s grandfather already had a theory of evolution and arguably, even he wasn’t the first.

Charles Darwin wasn’t aware of genes. His idea of inheritance was basically the same as Lamarck’s. Only when Darwin and Mendel were combined, the “modern” theory of evolution was born, the “new synthesis” or something it’s called.

The reason we single out these two isn’t that one was first and one was right, neither was. It’s because of the Great Man of History idea. We could talk about Wallace, how he was on the same path as Darwin but Darwin published first to outcompete him. But we don’t because we like to believe in great thinkers who singlehandedly changed the world.

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

Kid named Michael:

Picard: “There are five points!”

Tbf I took the most clumsy word (meaning “law breaker”). There is also Täter(in), literally “doer”

Three onions??? What’s next? Four? This place is nuts!

The German word is Gesetzesübertreter(in). I looked it up because, while fluent in English, I wasn’t sure.

All rules and laws are always open to interpretation and arbitrary. I heard that in a presentation by a historian of jurisprudence. She said that many people think that national law is clear but international isn’t but neither is. All can be (and are) used by the rich and powerful. Not only do they lobby in the process of the creation of laws but also in their enforcement.

First and last are real genders, the rest are mental illnesses

Duck is my favorite fish

Who’s in danger? The doll or the woman?

Still makes it unlikely that Mildred’s grandson is one

They are hiring losers because they have none

Unexpected Warp 10 meme

I know this is a joke but all land vertebrates have roughly the same number of vertebrae. A long neck means longer vertebrae, not more.

We make fun of it but more often than not it is ghosts

2+2*4=16₄ ☝️🤓

It’s a convention just as letters and digits are. If you communicate with people, you better follow the convention they are used to or make it explicit when you don’t. That is when your goal is to be understood of cause. Otherwise dkfurveekfifrhrvaakdjf I guess

So that’s where the slogan “stop the count” comes from

x=4/7

I love this so much because on the ballot, the right answer is also often missing