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Are you still there? Portal turned me into a gibbering idiot fanboy. I loved it soooooooo much. I played it through about 10 times. I played through the final level about 10 extra times just to hear the song. I showed it to anyone who visited my home. I created a Weighted Companion [...]  Tags: aperture, Gaming, glados, orange box, portal 2, Science, steam, still alive, valve Category: Gaming, The Best SoftwareHave you heard of the No True Scotsman logical fallacy? Here’s how it goes. Suppose you are arguing with somebody about the benefits of science versus intuition as a valid source of information. Betty: “We don’t need science. Intuition is all we need because intuition is never wrong.” Fred: “I can provide you with [...] Tags: fallacy, goalpost, intuition, logic, logical, Science, scotsman, special pleading, true Category: Keys to Understanding, Uncategorized
(via http://fmp-characters.blogspot.com) At least that’s what we hope around here. Well, technology and the free market. There’s too much potential money to be made to have this problem go unsolved. Just imagine the chemical company that develops a safe, effective bed bug treatment. Holy crap they would be rolling. Although… there’s always the [...] It’s a fine new science museum in Hartford, CT. We visited yesterday and had a pretty good time. It’s unique in that it’s a very “urban” museum. By this I mean it’s vertical. It’s like a skyscraper with a central bank of glass elevators. Each floor houses 1 or two fairly large exhibit rooms [...] Tags: center, connecticut, exhibit, hartford, museum, review, Science Category: Cool Things, Science RulesLately I’ve been having mixed feelings and I don’t know how to reconcile them. Last night, on “America’s Got Talent” I watched an 11-year old boy perform a rap routine and get accepted into the next round. He was a cute little kid and I admired the fact that he could go on stage [...] The world needs more of this. I’m not sure what else to say, really. We just need more. The masses need to know that there is little need to believe in magic today. Some people claim to be “spiritual” simply as an antidote to our materialistic world, and that is perfectly fine. But you [...] [reading this on Facebook? Please visit Ooine.com for more!] The Answer: 17 – This means that seventeen civilizations are currently listening for extraterrestrial life within our own Milky Way galaxy right now! They are waiting to hear from us. Don’t believe me? Why not find out for yourself? It’s quite easy when using the [...]
Brainstorming in Action I was just listening to a podcast (Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe) where experimental psychologist Richard Wiseman spoke briefly about a new book that he is working on. When he was asked to briefly describe it, he mentioned that it was about how many of the everyday psychological self-help techniques [...] This video is absolutely brilliant. Its author is my hero. If only we had more people with this much talent creating videos of this much clarity. And then, if we could only strap down those in need and make them watch videos like this… what a better world it would be. You owe it [...] Fairly low-brow video that is worth a watch just for the relative finesse of matching video to music. Doesn’t really say anything, but I thought it was fun. One of the most awesome (and pseudo-contradictory) things about science is its incredible predictive power. That alone blows any other system of knowledge away. The Bible [...] |
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