http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11161493 Who to believe: so its a person who talks to their invisible friend OR Stephen Hawking a bunch of child molesters OR Stephen Hawking someone who has one old book OR Stephen Hawking
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/newsweek-poll-republicans-think-obama-probably-wants-to-impose-islamic-law.php?ref=fpa So basically there is a group of people that think President Obama is a muslim and will impose islamic law. Instead of find out the truth, people will cling to an idea that makes them feel ‘better’. So the lack of clarity for some, is better than actually having the facts, seems par for [...]
Infographic: Where Did the Money to Rebuild Iraq Go? http://www.good.is/post/infographic-where-did-the-money-to-rebuild-iraq-go If you really care about “government spending too much” then this should be on the top of the list.
The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10448060-38.html?tag=smallCarouselArea.1 On the one hand, all the conspiracy nuts use this to line their nests. And [...]
Month-to-month fluctuations in rates of collision claims in jurisdictions with bans didn’t change from before to after the laws were enacted. Nor did the patterns change in comparison with trends in jurisdictions that didn’t have such laws. http://gizmodo.com/5459813/handheld-cellphone-bans-dont-reduce-car-crashes-after-all Wow, imagine that, a useless law. Regardless of the situation people will do stupid stuff, a cell [...]
When a site like twitter goes down, backup plans aren’t available. Being out of the loop in the IT world means you become a dinosaur that much quicker. And when it’s used as an only means of communication for real data, it’s validity comes into question.
Why Twitter Will Endure http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/weekinreview/03carr.html It’s a fad, like myspace and facebook. If anything, it might work because it’s two syllables like goo-gle or ap-ple.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/15/oral.roberts/index.html Let it also be known that he claimed to be a faith healer, and he threatened to die if he didn’t raise 8 million dollars for his medical school.
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/12/god_atheists_houston.php This is a good group in Houston, and the billboard is a step in the right direction. But I disagree with the wording, it could easily be for anything really. It seems more like a group made this decision, and they wanted to sugar coat it. They should just lean towards reality, because the [...]
Skepticism is a very healthy way of approaching things, but it gets taken over for stupid things and gets confused with cynicism. People are skeptical of vaccinations which are tested and proven world wide, but will take it on faith that a saint is on a piece of toast. Skeptic is a latin based word [...]
