Exhibit A · Homo sapiens curiosus
Joel is curious.
Former software developer and tech executive who likes to learn stuff. Now I indulge my curiosities out loud: the isms, science, history.
Currently asking whether evolution is true and how old the Earth is. The internet has opinions.
Field notes
Get the good stuff by email.
An email when I've learned something worth sending, and first word on the evolution book.
Now showing
Gallery 1 · Deep time
Is evolution true?
The best arguments against evolution, taken seriously, one at a time.
- Part 1 What good is half an eye?
- Part 2 Why are there still monkeys? 1.2M views
- Part 3 Where's the missing link? (in production)
The Age of the Earth
How we know the planet is old, and exactly how old.
- Part 1 Counting rings and ice
- Part 2 Why not carbon dating?
The collection
Things I'm curious about
Evolution
Descent with modification
3 specimens
Deep time
Tempus profundum
2 specimens
Stoicism
Porticus pictus
3 specimens
Science
Scientia
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History
Historia
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Buddhism
Via media
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Philosophy
Amor sapientiae
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Self-improvement
Opus in progressu
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Gallery 2 · The Internet Has Opinions
Some people think I'm stupid. I framed them.
The Wall of Fame and the Wall of Shame, quoted exactly as collected. Updated live.
The wall is empty.
Nobody has called me stupid yet. Give it a minute.
In the lab
How related are you to a banana?
The Cousin Calculator is coming: pick any two living things and see how many greats go in front of your shared grandparent.