Humour
Why the internet's failed to cause a huge spike in the average human IQ
Our species is generally hectically averse to acquiring knowledge
26 January 2020 - 00:01
Thirty years ago, while struggling with the second leg of my first-year BSc degree, I attended a public lecture. A man with Nordic features (blue-eyed and blond) in the mould of popular depictions of Yeshua of Nazareth was on the podium...
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