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Anti-science in 2014

Posted on 2015-01-05 by GaryJanuary 5, 2015
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This goes nicely with the clip from John Cleese I posted this morning: An article by Tim McDonnell (link) from just before Christmas summarizes some of last year’s worst new developments and continuing annoyances in the realm of people who, … Continue reading →

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John Cleese on the difficulty of recognizing one’s own stupidity

Posted on 2015-01-05 by GaryJanuary 1, 2015
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In under a minute John Cleese describes the tragic scientific fact that explains why some people drastically overestimate their abilities, and what else this explains: Link: http://youtu.be/wvVPdyYeaQU by … Continue reading →

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Amusing dancing prank takes a bad turn

Posted on 2015-01-04 by GaryJanuary 4, 2015
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Here’s another video clip you might already have seen. I’m posting it because it’s both funny and disturbing, though fortunately no one gets seriously hurt. It seems that Ellen DeGeneres recently challenged her viewers to shoot video of themselves dancing … Continue reading →

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Kevin Drum’s predictions for next 30 years or so

Posted on 2015-01-03 by GaryOctober 18, 2016
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[Updated to add a link to Drum’s follow-up post.] Kevin Drum, one of the best political bloggers in the business, offers up some interesting speculation about technological, environmental, economic, and political changes over roughly the next three decades (link) and … Continue reading →

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“The world has forgotten them” — 3,500 women and girls kept as slaves by ISIL

Posted on 2015-01-03 by GaryDecember 31, 2014
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This BBC News report was originally aired December 22. It recounts how the self-styled “Islamic State” (which is in fact neither) has abused several thousand women and girls kidnapped four months ago. The captives are members of the Yazidi religion, … Continue reading →

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The best gas station men’s room in the world?

Posted on 2015-01-02 by GaryJanuary 2, 2015
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This is just amazing, a Shell gasoline station with a restroom that would be the envy of some CEOs. Unfortunately, to see it in person you apparently have to go all the way to Bohol, Philippines. Link: http://youtu.be/szihUm6NM_o by … Continue reading →

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Good news of 2014

Posted on 2015-01-01 by GaryMay 18, 2015
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Here’s the BBC’s summary of good news reported in 2014. Don’t be too worried that it runs only 90 seconds; these are rapid clips with links to longer reports. Link: http://youtu.be/TjyTldaQz3c There’s a lot of good news not mentioned here, … Continue reading →

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