We need more goat sacrifices
OR: OJ A-OK
PsychologyCulture
Experimental History.
Adam Mastroianni on science reform, human behavior, and the history of the present.
Recent essays
30 of 41Fake it ‘til you make it (and then keep faking it)
links ‘n’ updates
Claude, don’t touch my lump
OR: the secret key to permanent happiness
The Strangest Idea in the World
coming soon to a bookshelf near you
There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy
OR: hey buddy, your teeth are falling out
Actually good advice
don’t tell someone they look like Beaker from The Muppets, etc.
I like 'em thick
OR: an apology to my English teachers
Incentives are for losers
OR: you must look at this fish and go insane
Blog Jamboree 2026: The Winners
yeehaw
The Decline of Deviance 2
2 Decline, 2 Deviance
The most wonderful thing that happened to Tommy McHugh
..."was having a stroke while doing a poo"
Stop eating Lady Gaga's Oreos
OR: The Great Switcheroo
Only insane people use the internet
OR: hit me with your Honda
Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them!
OR: crock pots and lightning bolts
The 3rd Annual Blog Post Competition, Extravaganza, and Jamboree
yeehaw
Nothing ever dies. It merely becomes embarrassing.
OR: the Halo theory of science
Infinite midwit
OR: if we were playing by Settlers of Catan rules, I'd be dead already
Help I'm being persecuted
OR: rubberneckers anonymous
The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do
OR: the long overdue forest fire
I swear the UFO is coming any minute
Links 'n' updates
Underrated ways to change the world, vol. II
OR: why you should sell onions on the internet
I know your secret
11 notes on turning unknowns into knowns
Text is king
read on, queen
How to be less awkward
a three-part treatment for a near-universal affliction
The drug that taught me how much I should suffer
OR: grindset and bedrot
Secrets of the ancient memelords
OR: pedants 'n' pinheads
You say potato, I say leprosy
Links 'n' updates for Fall 2025
The Decline of Deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
Bamboozle me, daddy
OR: The triple-decker fallacy
Thank you for being annoying
OR: whack 'em if you got 'em