Knowledge of knowledge
by A Cup of Skepticism (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:31 am)Richard Carrier isn't really a philosopher. His degrees are in Ancient History.Isn't to say he's wrong, but he doesn't have any substantive...
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by nmblum (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:10 pm)Open mike night in Simi Valley, Sunday evening:A version of this (new to me) was performed by three brothers (set of twins and a sibling: tenor, guitarist,...
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Science vs. Pseudoscience
by octopus1 (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:41 pm)A Cup of Skepticism wrote:I think there's more. There's certainly a bit of...defensiveness about my theism. Or at least, a sense of subliminal negativity...
View ArticleA parable, a parableā¦
by nmblum (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:57 pm)JO 753 wrote:O! I get it. (wink wink) Not THE xXx moviez, just XXX moviez!You haf to admire people who lead full spectrum no holds barred livez.I would...
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Favorite anecdotes from the world of Scienceā¦.
by octopus1 (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:53 pm)nmblum wrote:This is one: A conversation between Leo Szilard, physicist and mathematician ( an Hungarian refugee from the Nazis, one of the instigators and...
View ArticleOMG It's RoboRoach!
by kennyc (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:08 pm)BTW, as might be expected, it's stirred up quite a backlash:http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1 ... ducationalhttp://www.peta.org/media/news-releases ......
View ArticleThe brain IS the 20%
by Gord (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:02 pm)Do fat people have fat brains?Do bodybuilders have muscular brains?Read Main Topic
View ArticleSkepticism on height increasing methods
by Gord (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:19 pm)Ass trow nots get taller in zero gravity, too.Read Main Topic
View ArticleHappy Christmas and a happy new year 2014
by kennyc (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:07 pm)And to you Shen, may 2014 bring all your dreams come true!Read Main Topic
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Duck and Cover...
by octopus1 (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:14 pm)OlegTheBatty wrote:octopus1 wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-25491389Karen Underhill, one of the village parents, said: "We feel quite...
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Can I enroll my dog in Obamacare?
by octopus1 (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:16 pm)Well whatever it is, buy insurance for it! It'll keep... Read Main Topic
View ArticleKnowledge of knowledge
by kennyc (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:37 pm)Lausten wrote:Gord wrote:Lausten wrote:I got one because my wife wanted an app for birding and she wasn't going to get an electronic thing that I didn't have....
View Article16 yr. lack of warming is a worrisome finding for some
by robinson (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:42 pm)Halsu wrote: In climate change's case, unless otherwise specified, it should be rather obvious to everyone in a related conversation that the AGW is the...
View ArticleWanna bet?
by robinson (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:47 pm)there you go again.Instead of typing out your bet, you typed a question instead.I will bet a dollar you won't just type out a bet in your next post.Read...
View ArticleBlind chance vs Teleology and God
by She (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:02 pm)Shen1986 wrote:She wrote:But as I told you, I'm not posing a "God of the gaps", I'm not arguing that because we don't know x therefore God. It is actually the...
View ArticleNew study: Who's funding the deniers?
by robinson (Posted Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:42 pm)I want some damn funding.Read Main Topic
View ArticlePlanes aren't flown by people anymore. Is Air Travel unsafe?
by Matthew Ellard (Posted Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:15 am)Rob Lister wrote:When the tower tells the computer to go left, it goes left. When the tower is talking to a human, it has to issue a secondary...
View ArticleSea Serpents in San Francisco Bay!
by Cobalt6 (Posted Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:00 am)scrmbldggs wrote:Cobalt6 wrote:scrmbldggs wrote:Yeah, others are more, shall we say, prolific?They could of at least called me to do some semi-convincing CGI...
View ArticleWhat makes human cells so resistant to extreme temperatures?
by Matthew Ellard (Posted Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:32 am)MarkgaB5 wrote:you dont know 100% the chemical reactions that go on in the body so you cant say with 100% sureness shc is impossible I just did. You...
View Article''Fan Death'' - can fans suck the life out of sleepers?
by Kaepora Gaebora (Posted Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:21 am)JO 753 wrote:I did an experiment for you Coby. Just needed a nap, so it seemd likely that any fatal affect woud be reduced. So a 10" fan full speed...
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