In which Max considers the suggestion that archeology is distinctive in its frequent use of arguments from absence, and finds it wanting

In which Max hits the road to see the oldest intact surface rocks in the United States

In which Max has compiled all 25 “Problematica” essays for your long-reading enjoyment

In which Max completes his essay on dangerous speculation in geohistory by analyzing the reception of the Triassic kraken, Nemesis, and vendobiont hypotheses

In which Max releases the kraken on the Extinct blog. (It’s about “dangerous” speculation in geohistory)

A special mini-Problematica: in which Max has a Baader-Meinhof moment about Mivart’s dilemma