The full Pew article on our budding Idiocracy...
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/29/public-and-scientists-views-on-science-and-society/
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Depressingly stupid American adults
"Lackluster STEM education" - understatement of the century!
US adults and scientists have conflicting views on science
http://cir.ca/s/W12
When Introverts Should Avoid Coffee -- Science of Us
I would drop coffee then. If I cared about performance.
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/10/when-introverts-should-avoid-coffee.html
Dutch Babies: Better Than American Babies? -- Science of Us
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/01/dutch-babies-better-than-american-babies.html
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
AI will not kill us, says Microsoft
Yeah, well, they also said Windows 98 would have no bugs.
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AI will not kill us, says Microsoft http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31023741
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Yup - every religion sucks.
Nationalist buddhists? So much for Buddhist serenity....this guy sounds more straight gangsta.
And to be called a whore by a monk? Wow. How many people have that dubious distinction.
Monk's 'sexist insult' angers UN http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30928744
Sunday, January 18, 2015
It's the end of the world, and the BBC feels fine
It's the end of the world, and the BBC feels fine http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-echochambers-30859967
Friday, January 16, 2015
Rate of sea-level rise 'steeper'
We're boned!
Rate of sea-level rise 'steeper' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30816143
Friday, January 9, 2015
Computer program 'perfect at poker'
It would be fun to program these types of algorithms. If only so that anyone with a phone could beat the best player in the world. I guess I enjoy the idea of breaking down human hubris....
Computer program 'perfect at poker' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30718558
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Not real
Random discovery on Google play:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/deadbysunrise/endoftheworld.html
Dead on balls!
Carlin again......
"Any time religious people get together and kill each other, I am a happy guy."
It's particularly satisfying when people of the same religion start killing each other......
IS police 'kidnapped' in Syria http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30721021
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Fwd: Proof positive....
Religion has no place in civilized society. Let's be honest and call it what it is: total intellectual capitulation. It is pretending to know things you don't know. Far worse, it is trying to peer pressure others into believing these things that you pretend to know out of an infantile refusal to face your own mortality.
And as shown today, religion is too easily manipulated to convince less mentally developed humans to kill people who don't subscribe to their insane interpretation of a book of lies.
Religion doesn't value life. It cheapens it by having you chase the carrot of a fantastical afterlife. Say what you want about atheists, but at least they value their time on Earth. Religious zealots throw lives away like garbage.
Religion should be regarded as a mental illness. As Dawkins said: when one person has delusions it is called insane; when many people have delusions it is called religion.
To quote one of my favorite Carlin skits:
"The god excuse, the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument. It came from god."
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Good thing we ran out of toilet paper
Saturday, January 3, 2015
The hazards of pursuing happiness
The hazards of pursuing happiness http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30655616
Friday, January 2, 2015
Florida man decapitates mother
Kids can be risky. ......
Florida man decapitates mother http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30655802
Mexican female bullfighter gored
Yay for the bull!!
Mexican female bullfighter gored http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-30623367
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