I was interviewed for mindcore — I seem to recall that I might have said some harsh things about Francis Collins in this one, but the are all kind of blurring together in my mind now.
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One of the advantages of hanging out around home on the proverbial staycation is that, instead of actually paying more attention to the news, I've paid less attention to the news. That's why I didn't notice some stories from earlier this week about what the new director of the NIH, Francis Collins…
we all know collins is a godlover in secular's clothing, so don't sweat being harsh on him. For all he's done to promote the "happy marriage" of religion and science, he deserves a few more public knocks.
Wow, now it's "the legendary PZ Myers".
OT, but you and your colleagues may have encounters with foreign students. Here is an orientation for them from the Columbia Business School on Culture Shock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPfB6GIjM9Q&feature=related
I can't tell you how grateful I am PZ. Thanks for this link, you rock!
Re: #2, the Columbia foreign student piece is really great. Loved both parts.
g2, there are 5 parts to it.
That was a great series on Culture Shock. While I have never been able to figure out what a quid is, it never occurred to me that American coin might be difficult to figure out for foreigners because it has no numbers on it. I never noticed!
However, I belatedly notice that a nickel does have "Five Cents" inscribed on it in text, the penny says "One Cent", the dime only says "One Dime" and the quarter says "Quarter Dollar". However you have to be able to read English to understand that and "One Dime" is hardly a numerical value. "Quarter Dollar" only makes sense if you know that a Dollar is One Hundred Cents.......and so forth.