Have a Fabulous Friday. Links for you. Science:
The Human Phenome Project
Ten things you didn't know about bees
The ASCO Meeting: The swag disappears! (2010 edition)
Snakes in mysterious global decline
Other:
Like Glenn Beck, Ayn Rand Peddled Garbage As Truth -- Why Did America Buy It? Rand was mediocre. But she had a preternatural ability to translate her sense of self into reality.
Doomed Pelicans: British Petroleum Neglecting Booms in Pelican Rookery
Americans want to Soak the Rich MMCCLXXVII
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In response to my earlier post on the limits of utilitarianism Ezra Klein, blogger and journalist at The American Prospect, had this to say:
Reading this perfectly serious attempt to lay out Ayn Rand's objections to utilitarianism, I'm reminded of how utterly astonishing I find it that anyone takes…
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Back to work, unless, like me you're on vacation. Still, I have links for you. Science:
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Fluoride in Water Prevents Adult Tooth Loss, Study Suggests (but does it make you more susceptible to alien mind rays?)
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Orac is on his way home from the ASCO meeting in Chicago. Shockingly, he was so busy that he didn't bother to write anything last night, his last night in Chicago. Fortunately, he found something from the archives that's perfect for this occasion. This is something he wrote in 2007, after the last…