Looking for reasons why the United States is falling behind much of the rest of the world in science education? Look here. This is what happens when you elect representatives who think stupidity and willful ignorance are virtues.
Category: Skeptic
What PZ Myers said
Why I am an amoral, family-hating monster…and Newt Gingrich isn’t I think I understand, though — it doesn’t matter what you do, all that matters is what you say. The Republicans support a version of marriage that rests on tradition, authority, and masculine dominance, and everything they do props up one leg of the tripod … Continue reading “What PZ Myers said”
Gullible Audiophiles
(via James Randi Educational Foundation) Nate Mansfield, Sales Manager of Kimber Kable, happily showed off the company’s newest products, the complete line of Kimber Select KS 6000 series speaker cables ($4400–$18,800/8ft pair, depending upon level and wiring). Introduced in prototype form at CES 2010, the KS series has been shipping for the last six months, … Continue reading “Gullible Audiophiles”
Another Dubious Product for Gullible Audiophiles
This October has 5 weekends! So?
I’m already tired of seeing this all over Facebook, Twitter, etc. This October (2010) has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays all in one month. It happens only once in 823 years. This does not only happen once every 823 years. One only has to go back to 2004 to see an October with … Continue reading “This October has 5 weekends! So?”
$6,800 Speaker Cables
Textbook FAIL
Martin Gardner, 1914 – 2010
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010)
Quantum
What PZ Myers said: When anyone other than a particle physicist talks about “quantum”, it is almost always a magic word used to project a pseudoscientific aura onto sheer raving lunacy. “Quantum” as a prefix is almost universally used to signify that the noun it modifies is about to be made crazy stupid. So simple, … Continue reading “Quantum”
Again: Are polygraphs worthless?
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, January 15, 2010) 2. CIA: HOW MANY SPIES HAS THE POLYGRAPH EXPOSED? According to a CBS News account of the suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan, “The double agent was brought onto the base without first being given a polygraph test, one of the basic … Continue reading “Again: Are polygraphs worthless?”