http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/john-horgan-is-skeptical-of-skeptics/Unfortunately the talk, which he has now published on Scientific American’s website (which means it’s fair game), was more than a bit disappointing – not because he was critical, but because he does not seem to get skepticism with a small or a big “S.” The result was a string of cherry picked strawmen.
Yeah a pretty dumb line.
The hammerhead shark used the electromagnetic field given off by its prey to detect and catch them.
Well you are the final boss...
Do... Do I have to fight you now?
I dub this the #science #tagoftheweek winner! rrrrr, the duty to name next week's winner now falls upon your head!
Most correspondence would most likely be digitized. But I'm sure there would be a few letters and maybe some small packages. For mostly nostalgia's sake or very special occasions. That is assuming of course that: 1: We actually colonize Mars. 2: We have an active long term colony. 3: We have shipping routes between the two worlds. If all that works out and there is a shipping/courier route making regular trips between the two the cost will be lower. But that would be way off in the future.
Yeah. I'm pretty sure we were supposed to reach the mantle "in five years" since the 60's.
What makes this different from standard lab grown diamonds is that there were only originally only two known phases of solid carbon, graphite and diamond. Making a lab grown diamond required large amounts of heat and pressure. This new phase that they discovered (which is magnetic by the way, how cool it that?) only required ambient pressure and temperature. Yes this will lead to cheaper lab grown diamonds but it is also an amazing discovery in its own right. Oh, and get well soon!
Yes. Even though Uranus is gaseous, it has a hot rocky core that we can learn a lot about.
Your endeavor to document and remember this makes you... put on sunglasses anal-retentive.
Very true. Leprosy is also effectively treatable using MDT Multidrug Therapy.
Perhaps "are important" would be a better term for this? I do very much think that academics books matter. There are still a great deal of books on academic topics that are being published that help to break down extremely complex concepts and ideas into something that a layman can understand. The first think that comes to my mind is The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. This book broke down String Theory into a fascinating and informative lesson into the basics of the universe.
If it's the same article I delete my post. If it's a different article I may keep if it shared different information or has a different viewpoint.
Obama drinks water from Mars to gain the power of the ancients.
HA! Awesome response.
What is it about that term, "strange and wonderful" that calls up the mystery and excitement of scientific discovery? It's terms like that that perfectly sum up the feeling I get when learning about discoveries like this.
It's pretty amazing the detail in which we can measure it, isn't it?
I would just like to say that I am EXTREMELY attractive. So much that I have my own orbit.
Ok seriously?!
Yeah I don't expect much from them... Ever... At all...
Many or their claims are not based on data but just observation and assumption. The basis of the field is that not only traits but certain social factors are also genetically encoded. But there has yet to be any evidence to prove that claim.
Evolutionary Psychology (which is not a science, by the way) has made several such claims. Including the idea there is a universal standard for human attractiveness. None of these claims are actually supported by data. Yet somehow people believe them.
That's a good point. George Carlin said it that way. "The planet is fine. The people are fucked."
Because climate denial falls into conspiracy theory parameters.
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