Science as a way of life
I am working on some very smart things to say here. Really. Meanwhile, there's this and this. Welcome.
December 30, 2006
Category: Creative commons
If you see little boxes or some such things instead of sensible characters below, it is because of the reasons outlined in the comments. To view the tamil text you can temporarily switch the charset to utf-8 in your browser....
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Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who ask what happened. -From a book on Entrepreneurship. Going out to make coffee happen for me now. Have a good weekend and try to stay sane the...
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December 29, 2006
Category: Prime Stream
We've evolved with a craving for sugar because as hungry and starved hunters and gathereres it helped us gobble food sources rich in energy whenever they were available (which wasn't often). I like icecream - particularly the ones with the...
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Apparently Churches have lightning conductors in their towers. Muhaha... Source: Ascribed to Asimov in the footnotes of The Science of Discworld III...
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December 21, 2006
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What has the world come to! "...when a bride was chosen for a prince ready to sow his oats, the search would begin for a princess from a family that had a long line of sons. That was of critical...
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December 19, 2006
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In case you missed it....
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I accidentally caught the program titled The Trouble With Atheism yesterday on Channel4. I was astonished to find the host Rod Liddle make so many factual errors, erraneous interpretations and misrepresentations. It felt like my brain was being fried constantly....
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Lookie! Yours truly is amongst august company. Now, now, you would order a special subscription for Seed Magazine that has this fine portrait, wouldn't you (7 issues for 15 bucks. W00t!). While there, how can you resist a few gift...
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December 18, 2006
Category: Prime Stream
A reader posted a comment suggesting that I was fanaticaly irreligious. He said, "I am not sure why you have such a fanatic view against religion. It is man's interpretation of it that has caused religion to be a cause...
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I meant it. It's in Austria. [via]...
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