While perhaps not quite as insane as TimeCube, the Million Dollar Horse website has developed its own special brand of crazy. (or, maybe, it’s just a clever Poe…)
I wonder though, what’s their deal with Jews? Do crazy conspiracy nuts tend toward antisemitism as a default? If so, what does that mean for Jewish conspiracy nuts?
The Misconception: Makeup is used by women to reduce the appearance of blemishes and aging.
The Truth: Makeup enhances the contrast of the human face, allowing for faster recognition of gender.
Read more at You Are Not So Smart, one of my new favorite blogs.
The NCSE has put up a number of evolution book excerpts on their website:
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin Of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
by Michael Keller
The Tangled Bank
by Carl Zimmer
Evolution, Second Edition
By Douglas J. Futuyma
Evidence of Evolution
by Susan Middleton and Mary Ellen Hannibal
Evolution: The story of life
by Douglas Palmer
Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came [...]
Are killer whales splitting into two species? It looks like it:
Scientists have revealed that there is not one but two types of killer whale living in UK waters. Each differs in its appearance and diet, with males of one type being almost two metres longer than the other.
The killer whales could be at an early stage [...]
Lauren Leto (creator and co-founder of the popular Texts From Last Night) wrote a hilarious post on stereotyping people by their favorite author. Here are some of my favorites:
J.D. Salinger
Kids who don’t fit in (duh).
Stephenie Meyer
People who type like this: OMG. Mah fAvvv <3 <3.
Lauren Weisberger
Girls who can’t read. Or think.
Christopher Hitchens
People I would love [...]
There’s been quite a bit of discussion going on about near death experiences (NDEs), so here’s another article to add into the mix. “At the Hour Of Our Death” talks about some of the research going on with NDEs.
My question is: how do people know if NDE’s actually occurred at the time the brain was shut down? [...]
The Science Network has a ton of videos available from speakers like Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, Lawrence Krauss, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and more from the “Beyond Belief” conferences:
Beyond Belief: Science, Reason, Religion & Survival (2006)
Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 (2007)
Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark (2008)
Lots of good stuff in there, be sure to check it out.
You may be interested in Harrison Saunders’ essay “5 Steps to Eternity,” who believes “we may now be able to provide an entirely scientific and rational answer” to the question of why there is something rather than nothing:
In the ongoing battle between science and religion, the forces of rationalism have been hampered by an 800-lb [...]
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