Do You Look Like Your Romantic Partner?
I recently saw wedding photos of a Swiss guy I know who married another man. The two of them looked almost exactly alike: same skin tone, similar hair and beard, same height and body shape, similar age, similar glasses, wearing similar suits. It was as if my pal was...
The Folly of Race
Most people look at others and see races: black, white, yellow, and so on. I have never understood the colours. To me, most “white” people look beige. Donald Trump looks orangish. Albino individuals look white, but there are few of them, and some are...
Forget About Shaking Hands
Shaking hands is out for now and probably forever. That is a stark prediction. If it turns out to be wrong, you can tell me. Shaking hands probably started as a way to signal nonaggression. Putting out a hand and touching another person shows...
The Joy of Finding Out What Others Think
What percentage of Aussies want the country to become a Republic? What percentage believe in heaven? Have aliens from space visited the earth? What is your all-time favourite book? All these are questions pollsters and others ask the public. We want to...
Interesting Religious Denominations
I recently watched a miniseries called Orthodox. It is a partly true story about a modern-day girl who flees from her Hasidic Jew life in New York. I was captivated by the hats that Hasidic men wear — high, cylindric mink hats. Also, the men have thin...
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