Kevin Bae

Non-Social in a Socially Networked World

  • Why isn’t the existence we have enough?

    Why isn’t the existence we have enough?

    Scott Adams tweeted a few things today about the “Simulation” and the Metaverse. What in the human brain causes us to seek out a higher power? Simulation or Metaverse it’s all religion to me. If you believe in either of those you may as well believe in the Tooth Fairy. What’s the point of believing…

  • Getting through my book backlog

    Getting through my book backlog

    I have a stack of books on my shelf I’ve been wanting to get through. If you read I’m sure you know how it goes. You hear about a book that might interest you and you buy it before you forget intending on reading it later. Then it sits there on the shelf staring at…

  • My personal inflation rate is 33.52%

    My personal inflation rate is 33.52%

    The Wall Street Journal put together a handy little personal inflation estimator. You check off the boxes of the things you normally consume and they pop out an inflation number. If I was a more normal person that consumed more processed food, pop, beer & wine, and less meat I wouldn’t be feeling the pinch…

  • Progressives continue to devour liberals

    Progressives continue to devour liberals

    “I strongly suspect that mainstream U.S. higher education is beyond the point of self-repair, and therefore no longer a worthwhile setting for the intellectually curious.” — Joseph Manson An article on Common Sense by Joseph Manson, a retired professor of anthropology from UCLA, recounts his reasons for retiring from teaching at the university. Over the…

  • Illinois State Police were notified Crimo was a danger and made threats to “kill everyone” in 2019

    Illinois State Police were notified Crimo was a danger and made threats to “kill everyone” in 2019

    Seems law enforcement keeps failing the public. If the Illinois State Police was notified, on two separate occasions, of Crimo’s threat to commit suicide and his threat to “kill everyone”, why didn’t they remove his FOID card? Without it he would not have been able to buy the guns or ammo within the state.

  • Illinois’ restrictive gun laws did nothing to prevent the Highland Park July 4th massacre

    Illinois’ restrictive gun laws did nothing to prevent the Highland Park July 4th massacre

    You must register with the state if you wish to handle firearms in the State of Illinois. You must obtain a Firearm Owners Identification card (FOID). There is a 72 hour waiting period when purchasing guns. There is a red flag law in place which is supposed to prevent unstable people from buying guns. For…