Questions from a Student

If I say, for example, that I am actually a Minion (from Despicable Me) and that Kevin the Minion is based on me, you’d have little compelling evidence to contradict me, but that isn’t how knowledge works.

Women Aren’t Funny?

It is always fun to disagree with Christopher Hitchens. And from what I know about him, he won’t mind at all that I have the audacity to disagree with him even though he’s dead; he won’t mind anything much at all. But he did once write an article called “Why Women Aren’t Funny”, which skips…

Re-writing the Bible: a book for the post-apocalypse

I’m still thinking about the post-apocalyptic world and the Post-Apocalypse Bible I’m going to write. I will come up with a new name for that, but Hitchhiker’s Guide is already taken. But this is no easy task. I am going to need a lot of supporting materials. So where do I start? What books are…

Legalising All Drugs

Two years ago a friend of mine drunk herself into a stupor and ended up in hospital having her stomach pumped, at risk of alcohol poisoning. Within two days she was happy and appeared to be better. But she was not better; the doctors informed her it would take around 3 months for her liver…