Probably not, but not for the reasons suggested by the subject of this excellent post by Sheril Kirshenbaum.
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Unscientific America:
How scientific illiteracy threatens our future
by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum
209 pages,$24 (US) Basic Books,
I wish I'd written this book. Its subject matter is exactly the thing that gets me going. The tension between science and irrationality was the original…
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In Unscientific America, a book slight in both length and substance, science writers Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum argue that America's future is deeply endangered by the scientific illiteracy of its…
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You haven't even *begun* to explore inappropriate FB photos..
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I just read Sheril's post, and the original article by Katie Roiphie. Am I going way out on a limb here in guessing that Katie Roiphie has no children?From her article:
I haven't noticed this specifically, but I frequently see people using photos of all sorts for their profile picture. Many of these people also change their picture frequently.She continues:
Self-effacement? Yes, there are people who like to talk about their children more than any other subject. There are also people who like to talk about Proust more than any other subject. So what? Some people also refrain from staying out drinking till five in the morning. I, for one, have been there and done that, and have little desire to do it any more.Katie goes on to say:
Aha! Yes, this indicates to me that indeed, Katie is not a parent. For myself, both of my daughters were, at some points in their lives, the center of my universe. They are beautiful, thoughtful, intelligent, etc., and they are my children, and I love them. I don't think that Katie has experienced anything quite like that.
I just read the original comments. Roiphie is in left field.
Greg, those eyes don't look like normal "I'm on a carnival ride" type emotions. They look more like bloodlust, like "I'm going to swallow your soul when I get off this ride, because I hate people taking pictures of me with the fire of a thousand suns."
Looking straight... into... my soul.
Seriously. I'm going to have nightmares now.
Stupid "error 500 - timeout" tricking me into thinking it didn't get posted.
Jason: Every year we go to the same ride (at the State Fair) and get the picture. This way we know how long we've all been together.
But every year I act more and more complaisant. Most recent one I think I look kinda bored like I'm thinking of the grocery list. Next year I think I'll be reading a book.
You could take a chessboard... :-)
http://xkcd.com/chesscoaster/
No way, man, that's photoshopped!!! Mine are real!!!
what the heck thats not an appropriate who ever did this thing is stupid
(no affens)
its just a little familey riding in a rollercoster
duhh