Someone is wrong on the Internet!

by on July 11th, 2010

this view of neurolinguistic development perpetuates a widespread myth! (be sure to read the mouseover text).

Alex Golub is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He studies mining and petroleum development in Papua New Guinea, as well as American culture in to the online game World of Warcraft. You can contact him at rex@savageminds.org

2 Comments
  1. I used to really like xkcd, but lately it’s gone pretty strongly downhill. The alt text on this isn’t funny so much as insulting, so it was a let down for me personally.

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  2. Adam permalink

    I saw this one and thought, “Wait, let’s get more fundamental and problematize that ‘science’ binary discourse thing for you…”

    I thought today’s (July 12th) about homeopathy was pretty bad, too…

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