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Comments: (0)2009-05-29

An alternative medicine shop called Neal's Yard Remedies was to answer questions about its products through The Guardian (UK newspaper). The publicity stunt backfied.

Comments: (7)2009-05-29

Here's an example of an irritating fallacy that I've seen come up enough to notice... People who say "it could be true or it could be false, so there's a 50/50 chance it's true. No, no, no.

Here it crops up in an argument against materialism.

Comments: (0)2009-05-29

Sick of the Church of Scientology screwing up perfectly good articles, Wikipedia has put a ban on known Scientology-backed editors.

Comments: (1)2009-05-29

Time to get back to the roots of the Sznak.

Crazy dancing video!

Taking notes for the next time I go dancing:

Pelvic thrusts
Push-ups
Flailing (had that one down already)
Kicks and flying knees
Hitting your head on a lamp

Look out ladies, here I come!

Comments: (0)2009-05-29

Measles has a new friend, and her name is Jenny McCarthy. A delightful ditty.

She has medical expertise because she's a mom...

I know what you're saying, so does Susan Smith, and she drove her car in a lake when it was full of her kids.

Comments: (4)2009-05-28

Here's a nice debate tactic: ignore facts and laugh at the opposition.

Comments: (0)2009-05-28

In 1945, the Nazis went to the moon. In 2018, they're coming back...

That's the basic idea behind the upcoming movie, Iron Sky.

Nazi UFOs.

Comments: (1)2009-05-26

One weird looking thing...

Comments: (0)2009-05-26

The Science News Cycle, aptly illustrated.

Comments: (0)2009-05-22

I can't believe I never thought about this before... The reason doctors ask you to turn your head when they ask you to cough is so you don't cough at them. It never dawned on me, and I was never curious. Guess you aren't that inquisitive when your sack is being cupped by a dude. I imagine that's universally true, actually...

Thank you, SGU Podcast!

Comments: (1)2009-05-21

Whac-a-Kitty. It's like Whac-a-Mole, only with real kittens!

(no cruelty involved: just watch it)

Comments: (0)2009-05-20

Hey, know how incompetent people just can't tell that they're incompetent? There's a name for it: The Dunning-Kruger Effect. Below a certain competence level, people can't judge whether they're good at something or not, and figure they can do just as well as trained professionals.

It's nice to finally have a name for this. All thanks to Brownian.

Comments: (3)2009-05-13

Why isn't your prayer working? Maybe you're doing it wrong.

Comments: (0)2009-05-12

Instruction labels on the Enterprise. Thanks, Gregmita!

Comments: (1)2009-05-12

I've been waiting for Duke Nukem Forever for over a decade, and now it's canceled! Here's some supposed leaked gameplay and animation footage.

Comments: (0)2009-05-11

Martha Mason lived for 60 years in an iron lung. Wow: that's a positive personality.

Comments: (3)2009-05-10

Secular humanists in New Orleans got the city to recognize the "Day of Reason" (an atheist version of the "Day of Prayer"). Ian, of the blog Terahertz Atheist, blogs that this is hypocritical.

What do you think?

BTW, here's the National Day of Reason website.

Comments: (0)2009-05-08

All my childhood comes roaring back as I go through the Space Lego set photos on Gizmodo.

Comments: (0)2009-05-06

No Asians. Horrible racism? Watch till the end.

Comments: (0)2009-05-06

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is accompanying the Pointer Sisters. You can win tickets to the show. How? By recording your best Neutron Dance and putting it on YouTube. Here's the original video for inspiration.

There's just not enough shoulder padding left in the world to do this. You'll have to hire some civil engineers to build trusses or something.

Comments: (13)2009-05-06

Trekkies bash new Star Trek Movie as "Fun, Watchable".

Yes, it was exciting, but where's the heavy-handed message about tolerance? Where was the stiff acting? It just didn't seem like a Star Trek movie to me.

Comments: (0)2009-05-06

Some researchers argue that life on earth was inevitable. It's a neat hypothesis.

Comments: (1)2009-05-06

Governor Mike Pence questioned on his belief of evolution. It's actually a pretty good interview. Both people seem intelligent, but have differing agendas.

Comments: (2)2009-05-06

I've posted some Garfunkel and Oates before. Check out the rest of their stuff, including their medley of the worst songs ever.

Comments: (0)2009-05-06

The ICCM website intro was directed by Michael Bay. Want proof? Here's your proof. BOOM!

Comments: (0)2009-05-05

Teacher disparages religion in his High School class. He definitely deserves to get in trouble for this. The things he is discussing belong in University-level history religious history classes, and certainly don't need to be presented with vitriol. He's not helping anyone this way, and now he's in deep shit.

Comments: (4)2009-05-05

Effects of different drugs on the brain. Man: caffeine just isn't worth it...

Comments: (1)2009-05-04

This one's for the ladies: James Marsters is back as an alien-fighting cowboy. The movie? Alien Western (also known as High Plains Invaders).

Comments: (9)2009-05-03

Bill proposes that education be optional in Alberta. Whistle blown by PZ Myers.

Not wanting something to be true doesn't make it untrue.

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