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Science
What seperates us from lower life forms, like Greenpeace. Your opinions are irrelevant, unless clearly labeled as such. Mine, too. Think analytically, listen critically, or go do something else.
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Turns out the incredible speaking pottery of Pompeii is nothing but a well-crafted 2005 April Fool's Day joke from Belgian television. The admission is here... although, oddly, the April-Fools disclaimer doesn't show up every time you load the page. In Read More
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Note: Sadly, this story turned out to be a hoax. Click here for more detail.
Many thanks to my old classmate Collette McNeill for turning me on to this amazing story.
It turns out that a group of French archaeologists made a remarkable discovery while Read More
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I got neat question in my e-Insure Journal inbox today. The answer points up some interesting aspects of the point where actuarial mathematics turns its attention inward, to the business of insurance. Add a riff about the regulatory role of the consumer, Read More
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... so reads the lead headline above the fold in today's Chicago Tribune.
For the uninitiated, the City of Chicago boasts that over a quarter of the waste collected by the city is kept out of landfills because residents sort their recyclable garbage Read More
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Belmont Club's Wretchard the Cat riffs off Martin Peretz, offering a scathing rebuke of the bookless dogmatism of post-'60s Liberal groupthink.
A touchstone is the current witch-hunt swirling about Harvard President Larry Summers for proposing the notion Read More
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Orson Scott Card takes up the self-esteem baton. Yes, he's rehashing the same SciAm article we already read, but it's Orson Scott Card, damn it! Worth reading. Read More
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Kieran at Crooked Timber relays the Washington Monthly report on self-esteem.
The conclusion? It's bunk, of course. But we all knew that, didn't we, because we read the comprehensive article on the topic in Scientific American a month ago.
Sorry, Read More
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I've always considered Fox's Bill O'Reilly to be a Grade-A schmuck. Well-intentioned, perhaps, but if he thinks his ends justify his means, well, they don't.
So it was with delight that I read Don Sensing's piece this morning regarding O'Reilly's recent Read More
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For anybody out there who remains on the fence about the “dangers” of depleted uranium, here's an extensive review of the literature on the topic as of 2003.
The conclusion? Go find something else to worry about. Read More
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It was only a matter of time.
LiveScience.com “Senior Science Writer” Robert Roy Britt wonders, “Could Global Warming Trigger Mega-Tsunamis?” Apparently so.
University of Michigan history professor—I'm not making this Read More
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As scientists debate whether global warming is affecting Earth, reports the Associated Press, "climate witnesses" told a U.N. environmental conference Friday they are already feeling the heat of the changing weather patterns they say are drastically affecting Read More
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The debate continues in the wings. Torgerson displays his mastery of the science of counting; I try to untangle his fingers. Read More
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My dad suggested I submit The Historical Effect of Political Alignment on GDP to a paper journal. Neat idea! I thought... but which one?
Have a look at this list. I'm an engineer, not an economist, damn it! Anybody have any suggestions? Read More
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The nice thing about arguing with Torgerson is that it forces you to keep things simple. Evidently, I failed to reach that goal writing The Historical Effect of Political Alignment on GDP, since he appears to be taking issue with spots where, so far as Read More
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Interesting response from Torgerson regarding The Historical Effect of Political Alignment on GDP. I'll give it to you in its entirety, rather than summarize, lest I be accused of raising the dreaded Straw Man:
That's hilarious. Thanks for the hoot Read More
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