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Post by Bob on Sept 10, 2010 8:54:14 GMT -5
Truce? I didn't know we were fighting. We all know about your HIDDEN AGENDA ;D
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Post by shailynn on Sept 10, 2010 10:37:38 GMT -5
;D
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Post by John on Sept 15, 2010 10:10:08 GMT -5
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Post by Bob on Sept 15, 2010 10:27:56 GMT -5
Also, and strangely fitting, why we believe propaganda. Hooray psychology! Edit: The link to the study proper appears broken, here's the abstract on ScienceDirect. Fascinating stuff, the brain.
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Post by Bob on Oct 1, 2010 9:11:23 GMT -5
This is one of those things that seem totally obvious, once someone points it out.
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Post by John on Oct 1, 2010 9:49:26 GMT -5
The comments on that article make me want to punch kittens.
I also liked this : "Holliday is interested in how various species build healthy joints, a field that in turn might shed light on arthritis." Haha yeah, ok dude. Look, you like studying dinosaurs. Its ok. You don't need to cure cancer (or arthritis!) by studying them. Learning new things is enough.
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Post by mike on Oct 1, 2010 10:03:17 GMT -5
Haha yeah, ok dude. Look, you like studying dinosaurs. Its ok. You don't need to cure cancer (or arthritis!) by studying them. Learning new things is enough. I'm sure Marky Mark will second this: Please write every member of congress to tell them that! If you'd ever had to get funding to do pure (as opposed to applied) science you'd feel his pain more.
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Post by Marky Mark on Oct 1, 2010 10:41:04 GMT -5
Haha yeah, ok dude. Look, you like studying dinosaurs. Its ok. You don't need to cure cancer (or arthritis!) by studying them. Learning new things is enough. I'm sure Marky Mark will second this: Please write every member of congress to tell them that! If you'd ever had to get funding to do pure (as opposed to applied) science you'd feel his pain more. A thousand times this! I just had to review an NSF proposal where I was instructed to give about as much weight to the broader impacts of the study than to the science itself. The only reason for it is to make Congress happy and to keep you off the list of "wasteful" government projects.
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Post by Bob on Oct 21, 2010 9:57:16 GMT -5
Well, I just found out what I'll be listening to for the next couple days: TED talks online. Here, Michael Specter talks about vaccines, genetically engineered foods, and the dangers of science denial. Further down the queue, Daniel Khaneman, whom I met briefly during my time at APS.
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Post by John on Oct 21, 2010 11:23:52 GMT -5
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Post by John on Nov 10, 2010 12:23:56 GMT -5
BOEHNER: George, the idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you’ve got more carbon dioxide. And so I think it’s clear… yay. science.
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Post by mike on Nov 10, 2010 13:47:29 GMT -5
Typical!
Q: Do you think carbon dioxide causes climate change?
A: Carbon dioxide is not a carcinogen! (The proof of my non-answer is that cows make it, so it can't be bad for you)
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Post by Bob on Nov 10, 2010 14:10:46 GMT -5
Well, he's partially right. The idea that carbon dioxide is "a carcinogen" is comical.
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Post by Marky Mark on Nov 10, 2010 19:02:37 GMT -5
Siiiiiiiigh. I suppose this guy will be working on the NSF budget under the new congress...
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Post by Bob on Nov 11, 2010 10:27:34 GMT -5
Siiiiiiiigh. I suppose this guy will be working on the NSF budget under the new congress... To be totally, totally fair, politicans have been saying stupid shit about science for basically forever, particularly when they're speaking extemporaneously.
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