1320: Goal Oriented

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Girl Genius for Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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The Girl Genius comic for Wednesday, March 12, 2025 has been posted.
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I feel called out by this one
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Why Wasn't There A Second Age of Reptiles?

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An asteroid impact triggered the K-Pg mass extinction, wiping out the non-avian dinosaurs, ending the Age of Reptiles, and ushering in the Age of Mammals. But why was it the mammals who triumphed?

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Vegans eating mushroom-based meat replacements to avoid a sustainability apocalypse: "time is a flat circle"
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Water Balloons

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Update: The physics department has recruited an astronomer who studies meteor fireballs.
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TBH I would have expected the planetary scientists have a better intuitive grasp of the Newtonian physics involved
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Update: The physics department has recruited an astronomer who studies meteor fireballs.

The Beginning and End of Philosophy

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jlvanderzwan
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This does make me wonder how recently certain types of leaders started *weaponizing* stupidity in their followers
rraszews
21 hours ago
We live in a time where a greater level of stupidity remains survivable than ever before. In previous generations, the stupidity of our leaders was held - if somewhat loosely - in check by the need to avoid getting eaten by wolves.
jlvanderzwan
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That is a genuinely great point. Which implies that we are seeing evolutionary radiation in the stupidity niche
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freeAgent
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Too soon!
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"Historians will forever remember the time that we held up some very small signs."

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"Someone said you're like Wes Anderson characters who haven't realized you're in a Tarantino movie."

"Like those who have stood up to tyrants before us, the solution is simple: disagree a bit, say no in a quiet voice, and together we can save the Free World, or not, if it's too much trouble."



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