Month: November 2022

A short note on bats and "pipistrellos"

Why some animals have funny names and others don’t The other day my mother went to the theatre and, during the play, a bat appeared out of nowhere and started flying all over people’s heads, distracting both the cast and the audience. The play had to be interrupted for several minutes, until eventually the animal…

Is the decadence of religion bad for women?

Some women appear to be getting crazier than average. I was wondering the other day if the slow disappearance of Christianity from public life has been bad in particular for women. Women were and are always more emotional than men, but, years ago, it seems that they could canalize those excessive emotions into more productive…