The Economist is asking why people believe in nonsense. Well I will tell you: Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, and others have known it for years: We need to teach critical thought to young people, (more…)
The Weirdest on the Internet, the most bizarre of the WEBSSz
http://www.feedthehead.net/ Feed the head http://www.koalastothemax.com/ CIRCLES! http://www.youfellasleepwatchingadvd.com/ You fell asleep watching a DVD http://wwwwwwwww.jodi.org/ Major (more…)
Questioning Ted Talks? After De Grey, then Lisi…. are they smart or smart sounding?
I wrote this around the time it was debunked (since then, a thorough debunking, somewhat rough for Garrett, popped up: http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/11/exceptionally-simple-theory-of.html)Â – “Did (more…)
10 arbitrary rules to live by. These aren’t set in stone, but they’re infallible. FISHBITS’ COMMANDMENTS:
TL;DR = LOOK AT THE BEAUTY IN LIFE – as suggested by a 109 year old Holocaust Survivor: “I know about the bad things, but I look to the good things.“ Alice Herz-Sommer I was (more…)