Re: [ReacTor] "Bad Books", and the Readers That Love Them

On 19 Apr 2024 21:13:23 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

I know there are
places like "Buffalo" and "Michigan" where water can be seen in solid form
but this is not normal and not to be encountered under conditions capable of
supporting human life.

Our expedition to the planet Earth has shown that humans are more
capable of adaptation to extreme environments than you give them
credit for. For example, we have observed a place called "Canada".

As another example, the political unit which contains both "Michigan"
and "New York" (in which "Buffalo" is contained) also includes an area
known as "Alaska", which does have numerous human occupants. However,
it is possible that extreme cold has deleterious effects on human
intelligence; we have noted the individual human "Sarah Paliln" who
hails from "Alaska".

They also have a competition called the "Iditarod" which some have
taken to jocularly naming the "Idiot Rod", so this may indicate some
correlation between the effects of extreme cold and risk-taking
behavior, although that is far from being necessarily true;
exaggeration to avail oneself of an opportunity for humor is known
even among our race.

John Savard