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Mindwolf  ·  2868 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear "Skeptics," Bash Homeopathy and Bigfoot Less, Mammograms and War More

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.
Mindwolf  ·  2958 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 12 Greatest Challenges for Space Exploration.

Yeah a pretty dumb line.

The hammerhead shark used the electromagnetic field given off by its prey to detect and catch them.

Mindwolf  ·  2968 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World's largest solar plant goes live, will provide power for 1.1M people.

Well you are the final boss...

Mindwolf  ·  2968 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World's largest solar plant goes live, will provide power for 1.1M people.

Do... Do I have to fight you now?

Mindwolf  ·  3005 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to use the Feynman technique to identify pseudoscience

I dub this the #science #tagoftheweek winner! rrrrr, the duty to name next week's winner now falls upon your head!

Mindwolf  ·  3034 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Want to mail Mars? Better start saving.

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.

Mindwolf  ·  3039 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Quest to drill into Earth’s mantle restarts.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure we were supposed to reach the mantle "in five years" since the 60's.

Mindwolf  ·  3040 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Researchers find new phase of carbon, make diamond at room temperature.

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!

Mindwolf  ·  3053 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Uranus might be full of surprises.

Yes. Even though Uranus is gaseous, it has a hot rocky core that we can learn a lot about.

Mindwolf  ·  3052 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Uranus might be full of surprises.

Your endeavor to document and remember this makes you...

put on sunglasses

anal-retentive.

Mindwolf  ·  3052 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Armadillos Carrying Leprosy Bacteria Spreading in Southern US

Very true. Leprosy is also effectively treatable using MDT Multidrug Therapy.

Mindwolf  ·  3059 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: On the Origin of Species voted most influential academic book in history.

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.

Mindwolf  ·  3060 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 40 years ago today, the 'Witch of November' sank the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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.

Mindwolf  ·  3075 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: In unexpected discovery, comet contains alcohol, sugar

Obama drinks water from Mars to gain the power of the ancients.

Mindwolf  ·  3076 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 'Zeno effect' verified—atoms won't move while you watch

HA! Awesome response.

Mindwolf  ·  3109 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How El Chapo Builds His Tunnels

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.

Mindwolf  ·  3144 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Gravity’s Oldest Puzzles.

It's pretty amazing the detail in which we can measure it, isn't it?

Mindwolf  ·  3152 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: No, the EMdrive is not a miracle of science or anything else for that matter.

I would just like to say that I am EXTREMELY attractive. So much that I have my own orbit.

Mindwolf  ·  3159 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: NASA Releases Updated Global Map of Pluto.

Mindwolf  ·  3164 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Researchers demonstrate the world's first white lasers

Ok seriously?!

Yeah I don't expect much from them... Ever... At all...

Mindwolf  ·  3176 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Romantic or disgusting? Passionate kissing is not a human universal.

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.

Mindwolf  ·  3176 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Romantic or disgusting? Passionate kissing is not a human universal.

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.

Mindwolf  ·  3177 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Climate Scientists Feel About Climate Change Deniers .

That's a good point. George Carlin said it that way. "The planet is fine. The people are fucked."

Mindwolf  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Climate Deception Dossiers.

Because climate denial falls into conspiracy theory parameters.

Mindwolf  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This Is Where ISIS Gets Its Weed.

Glad you like it!