The Skeptical Teacher looks at New study suggests researchers can now test the ‘theory of everything’ and discusses How Real Science Progresses:
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Liberals Proven More Intelligent Than Conservatives … Or Not
Why Liberals Are More Intelligent Than Conservatives: Liberals think they’re more intelligent than conservatives because they are reported on a study that claims precisely this.
Shawn Smith, the “Iron Shrink”, responded with Are Liberals More Intelligent than Conservatives? Another Broken Study Says It Is So
Skepchick Stacey summarized Smith’s arguments, concluding:
The point isn’t that liberals aren’t more intelligent than conservatives – maybe they are, maybe they aren’t – but this study hasn’t proven it. The point is that if the evidence is bad, I have to ignore it – even when it tells me what I want to hear.
John Henry Newman and the bending and shaping of church history
At the Daily Episcopalian
A moonshine maker describes his setup
This is illegal. I am not suggesting that anybody try this at home.
Monday Night Irish Class, September 13, 2010
Irish Class, September 13, 2010
Rang Gaeilge, 13ú lá Mí Mheán Fómhair 2010
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Carbon is forever
From Nature
After our fossil fuel blow-out, how long will the CO2 hangover last? And what about the global fever that comes along with it?
“Bible or Koran – which burns best?”
Queensland lawyer Alex Stewart smokes pages from the Koran and Bible
Lawyer says “Bible smokes better than Koran” …
In the [Youtube video] clip, titled “Bible or Koran – which burns best?”, the professed atheist says burning religious books is no big deal and people need to get over it.
“It’s just a f—ing book,” he says.
Via Slashdot
Burning Holy Books: Some Fact Checking
Claim:
“How many Bibles have been burned in the Muslim world in the last nine years? None.”
Evidence:
Fermentation and Botulism: Some basic science
No matter how complicated a computer problem is, …
… if IBM is involved it will get even more complicated. That is the story of my weekend.
(Channeling Poul Anderson)