Your 6/3 Experiment
Welcome to your always free, reader-supported, mid-week edition of The Experiment where we share great things to read, cook, listen to, and watch. As always, this bugga free.
If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you. This essay by Sam Kriss is almost completely comprised of lines that you will want to text someone. (free link)
Grammar and the Second Amendment. If you want to understand the Second Amendment and commas, read this. Heck, read it just to understand the evolution of commas. (free link)
In U.F.O. Files, Some Christians See Vexing Questions — and Demons. Never occurred to me how Christianity relies upon a belief system that requires humans to be the only intelligent life in the universe and how threatened it is by UFOs. (gift link)
The Religious Implications of Extraterrestrial Life. h/t to Elie Jacobs for suggesting this more thoughtful take on the same subject from the ‘60s by Norman Lamm. (free link)
I Gave Gemini Spark Access to My Life. Then It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend. A smart and entertaining look from Reese Rogers on what an AI agent can, can’t, and shouldn’t do for you. (free link)
This came out three years ago, and I still crack up when I remember Beavis putting his wrists on the table.
We set up a merch table in the back where you can get T-shirts, coffee mugs, and even tote bags now. Show the world that you’re part of The Experiment.
Buy the book Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick banned from the Bullock Texas History Museum: Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of the American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and myself.