Jordan Peterson is in my top 10 list of all time intellectuals. His lectures have inspired me and countless others. He is a Clinical Psychologist in Toronto and a tenured Professor and lecturer at the University of Toronto. His most endearing lecture to me was one about the moral lessons he derived from discussing dragons […]
Body Image and the Disadvantages of Beauty
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had conversations with girls/women who have said that “if only my acne would go away, everything would be perfect.” The list of ‘if only’s’ is quite extensive. Every girl/woman seems to have a list of them. Bullying, in this case shaming, is rampant amongst young […]
Are High Efficiency Furnaces Really Worth It?
My local utility lambasted me for having a 26 year old furnace. “How can you risk the safety of your family on such old equipment?!” asked the service man from the local utility. I had resisted replacing it because I contend that all new things are built worse than the older versions of them. Furnaces […]
DCA and Ellagic Acid: A Possible Synergy?
DCA, or Dichloroacetic acid is an agent which in 2007, out of the University of Alberta, demonstrated an enormous potential to drastically reduce tumour sizes in mouse models. There are a lot of political issues involving DCA but I’d like to sidestep them to return to the biochemistry of DCA. DCA works by reawakening dormant […]
Why Would Anyone Listen to Alan Greenspan?
Lately, Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve Chairman, called for a return to the Gold Standard to avert a financial collapse. http://www.gold.org/download/file/5497/Gold_Investor_February_2017.pdf (page 11 and throughout) My question is why anyone cares what Alan Greenspan has to say? This is a man who started out his career as a failed clarinetist. Not being able to master the […]