Friday, January 23, 2026
Literally indistinguishable from satire
I was watching old Onion videos from back when they still had it -- classics like "Tired of Traffic? New DOT Report Urges Drivers: 'Honk'" and "Report: Most College Men Admit to Regularly Getting Stoked" -- and the algorithm cued up one I hadn't seen before, "Can men get pregnant?" I thought, "Heh, yesterday's satire is today's reality." Then I thought, "This actress is phenomenal. Have I seen her in anything before?" And then, almost a minute in, I finally realized that I was no longer watching old Onion videos and that this was actually something on C-SPAN from eight days ago. I guess I should feel stupid for taking so long to catch on. Anyway, someone should definitely feel stupid.
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It's a big deal: is science politics by other means, just a way to manipulate the world according to one's whims or is it about discovering truths about the world?
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