Interesting items to read

First, go read this homeopathic web comic, and when you're done, like in ten minutes, come back.

Then, this:

A study in Michigan to learn why Bald Eagles are not recovering post-DDT exposure as fast as expected has discovered that nestlings are ingesting flame retardants and pesticides via their food.

Read the rest here

Will AI surpass human brain power in a few years? One can only hope. But it is probably mere hope.

Ask Surly Amy where to get your next Homeopathic Vaccine!

Archaeological study shows human activity may have boosted shellfish size

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Yesterday, when I wrote about a death in Arizona caused by a homeopath doing liposuction, what amazed me the most was that homeopaths are licensed in Arizona
One of the biggest complaints from alternative medicine practitioners is that some vast cabal, presumably made up big pharma, the CDC, the NIH, the AMA, and "conventional" doctors, is "suppressing" alternative medicine.
Homeopathy is quackery. It can't be repeated often enough.

I wish I had someone intelligent and funny like Surly Amy to talk to. Well, with some luck my next job will have me surrounded by intelligent people as opposed to being surrounded by people who simply believe they're intelligent.

By MadScientist (not verified) on 31 Aug 2010 #permalink

For me no one can surpass the intelligence of humanoids!
It's such an awkward ideas that AI can surpass the human brain.