The tools one uses define who and what they are. Forget all the 4-inch psychology journals – just look at a person’s tools and your brain has all it needs to place that person in their rank of class, […]

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. [9] And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, […]

The commotion in the United States today is not just one political rainstorm. The 20th century was very much like clouds building on the horizon. Internationally, it was a century of thunderstorms, aka wars; it […]

In the last post, the point was made that the subconscious chemistry of the human body has much more direct influence on our conscious decision-making than we may think. In fact even turtles and young humans are […]

There were times in mariner’s life when he marveled at the ability of fish and birds, and even American Bison, to swarm. Swarming is that phenomenon where a large group (he is talking only about living creatures) […]

There is no doubt in mariner’s mind that in the near future there will be a bot to help you when you are finished taking a dump. Be pleased – it will run ads about toiletry products while it wipes you and will […]

In recent months mariner has passed time reading around in the sciences. There is a much debated concept in quantum physics called the ‘string theory’. It never seems to get settled primarily because it is a […]

There is no doubt that the public suffers from a cacophony of disturbing, destructive, socially dismembering headlines. The political vitriol is deafening.The razing of government ethics is profound. The crescendo […]

[[[   Before mariner starts his post, Scientific American magazine reprinted an expert accounting of the current influenza infections. Almost one in 10 people who visited a doctor in the U.S. in the week ending o […]

As seasoned readers know, mariner has been spending a lot of time living with alter ego Nosey Mole. His labyrinth of tunnels and small rooms provide privacy and isolation from the noise of the outside world. Nosey […]

Over the years, especially since retirement, mariner has watched dozens of TV programs, read science journals, roamed about in Wikipedia – all of which had in common the subject of behavioral zoology. Evolution […]

On January 5th, the day mariner is writing this post, his wife noticed that their decorations were the only ones still in place along our street. In olden days, January 6th was known as the Epiphany, the day the […]

Celebrations seem loose and fun. How can you call Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day and New Year’s ‘rituals’? Rituals are for religious exercises or displaying cult fetishes; rituals are for […]

As many do in frigid winter weather, mariner was playing with his array of electric heaters and gas furnace to accommodate a comfortable home as inexpensively as possible. After a few weeks, he found a good […]

Greetings readers. If you have ever clicked on the header “About the Ancient Mariner”, you will have discovered a blank page. This has lasted for years but at last he has repaired the text and it was a labyrinth […]

Mariner believes in group bonding as a key physiological behavior. It is a requirement to have a complete and, indeed, a happy life. Bonding is a real dimension of human existence without which there can be no […]

Before mariner accepts AI as a new evolutionary species, he has a few questions.

1. If you have a humanoid house maid working in your home and you are dissatisfied with it’s attitude so you punch it in the […]

It is an unpleasant morning for mariner. Another fictitious Homo has been born in the new species, Homo fictitious: Tilly Norwood meet Solomon Ray. Solomon is your new associate in the entertainment business. […]