Alex Has Opinions

"It resonates with many adults who look at the chaos of our society and wish our problem solvers looked a little more like Chilli and Bandit."

"The most famous “tool” used by the SETI community to discuss the statistical likelihood of advanced extraterrestrial life is the Drake Equation... it does not appear to be very scientific at all, but entirely based on vibes."

"Liu Cixin’s “Dark Forest Hypothesis” — a subset of the “Fermi Paradox” — falls in line with a long list of fictional theorems and hypotheses that aren’t scientific at all."

"...I am treated by men like a femme. I am catcalled and harassed. I am degraded and humiliated, just like the countless other women around me."

"...you can write an equally long book about upper-crust liberals being condescending to the “conservative” poor they think are beneath them."

"The messaging on COVID is abysmal — truthfully, it has been for a while now — and I worry about the long-term effects that will come from all of this advice."

"I don’t think the sisterhood has ever truly existed. The limiting nature of the sisterhood is not something uniquely part of my transgender experience but innate to patriarchy itself."

"It's difficult to tell if this prediction will come to pass. Science fiction is only a mirror of the present, not a crystal ball of the actual future. Sisko was talking about how the writers of the time believed we should solve this problem — a worthy lesson to consider."

And for just as long, some of these monsters are creatures we can empathize with — animals that resemble our pets, parents, and caregivers. Creatures who wear smiles and make sounds we can relate to on a human level.

"In Maestro, I see the next step: the glimpses of a world without shame — nuclear apocalypses and all."

"...part of having pride involves being comfortable with all of ourselves. If we are proud of the people we have become and are becoming, we should be allowed to talk about all the experiences that have shaped us — both the good and the bad."

"There is a tendency of "reformed" colonizers to over-identify with current oppressors in an attempt to "save them" from themselves. We all like to think that we can talk our racist friends, parents, or grandparents off that boat, and Doctor Who's Dot and Bubble makes clear that that's impossible."

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"The world of white supremacist storefronts has to paradoxically operate both secretly and quasi-openly."