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Who you are, what you are

By: psr, 2008-03-13

Geraldine Ferraro, campaign adviser to Hillary Clinton, has resigned in the face of accusations of racism from the other democratic candidate, Barak Obama.

Ferraro‘s comment in dispute was that part of the support that Obama has is due to the fact he is black.

This is not racism. This is a fact. It is entirely true that many people do base their vote on issues absolutely unrelated to the political program of the candidate they are voting. If the candidate is too short, too fat or too bald, he/she will be at a disadvantage over a candidate who is taller, slimmer and has hair. The same goes for other factors, such as the sex or race of the candidate.

If someone is voted because …

Climate Change, Inc.

By: psr, 2007-10-22

What’s hip and cool on the outside, but a blushing lie on the inside? Man-made climate change. It’s the talk of the world. It’s the politically correct thing to say, and it’s also the politically incorrect thing to deny.

Lots of people have jumped on the bandwagon to declare that we are experiencing unusual global warming, and it’s caused by human activity on Earth.

It is worth putting things into perspective. The Earth is a some 4.5 billion year old system, and is far bigger and more complex than any man-made system or artifact. Humans have inhabited this planet for the past 130,000 years only. Human machinery and industrialization began some 200 years ago, at most. Human-produced CO2 emissions (widely regarded as a …

Yet another blog is born…

By: psr, 2006-06-24

In a time when web pages were only static, when web buzzwords did not exist, a web page was born… and it was named Everything is wrong. It enjoyed little updating, and did not last for long.

Now, in a new era of php, database-backed web pages, that old page comes to life again, with the same philosophy as its predecessor, and with the hope to last a little longer (at least), under the name of megaspora. May the reading be of your interest.