Erosophia

Month: November 2010

  • Transfer Complete!

    by Jason Stotts I’ve now finished importing all of the old essays from my previous blogs A Rational Perspective (May 8th, 2005 — June 16th, 2007) and the original Erosophia (June 11th 2007 — April 1st, 2010).  Some of the old stuff is good, some of it is not so good.  It is interesting (to me at…

  • Global Warming Continues to Fall From Grace

    by Jason Stotts In yet another heavy blow to the AGW camp, the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) has announced that it is closing it’s doors.  According to the National Review Online: Global warming-inspired cap and trade has been one of the most stridently debated public policy controversies of the past 15 years. But it is…

  • “Is Your Laptop Cooking Your Testicles”

    by Jason Stotts Catchy title, right?  It’s the title of a new report by Reuters on the dangers to men from using laptops on their laps. The researchers hooked thermometers to the scrotums of 29 young men who were balancing a laptop on their knees. They found that even with a lap pad under the…

  • A Future Without HIV?

    by Jason Stotts According to the BBC, a new article in Science may point the way to a future without HIV/AIDS. The researchers carried out a genome-wide association study of the genetic make-up of almost 1,000 controllers and 2,600 people with progressive HIV. Around 300 points were found to be associated with immune control of…

  • Housework and Female Arousal

    by Jason Stotts Most people don’t think of housework as having any ties to a woman’s sexual arousal, but perhaps they should.  A new theory called “choreplay” is making its debut and could have implications for the gusto with which men take to their chores.  The idea is very simple: women tend to be preoccupied…

  • Hirsuties Papillaris Genitalis

    by Jason Stotts It’s interesting how ignorance is usually the biggest source of shame, whether or not we realize it.  Take, for example, the common condition hirsuties papillaris genitalis (HPG), sometimes also refered to as “pearly penile papules” or PPP. HPG is a condition in which there are small bumps on the coronal ridge of…