On Dressing Well
Make that, "On Dressing Not So Well." Here is a picture from a mall in Santa Monica, first appearing in the Los Angeles Times. The article which surrounded this picture…
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Genetic Engineering To Create New Super Moral Race: Savulescu Strikes Again
On the road, so here is a classic post from not too long ago. The appalling Julian Savulescu1 is back, this time staining the pages of the British edition of…
Posted inFun Statistics
Top 10 Upsets In The NFL Over Last Decade
Today's post is over at Edgehogs. It's all self explanatory. Surf on over to comment. I'd write more, but my North Pole duties have me busier than average. Tip: Even…
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Müller lite: Why Every Scientist Needs a Classical Training—Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
His Lordship sent this around to all the usual suspects asking that it be given a wide audience. I'm traveling today. About 18 months ago, as soon as I heard…
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Can fMRI Predict Who Believes In God? Part I
Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII Did you know that "regions" of your brain "light up" when you think about Santa…
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Can fMRI Predict Who Believes In God? Part VII (Last)
Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII There are a number of serious difficulties with this study. The experimental protocol is unusual;…
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Happy 1000th Post!
This is it! The nine-hundred-ninety-ninth-plus-one post! The post whose number is a pleasing and large (relatively speaking) power of ten! The post that pushes us over the top of the…
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Castrations To Increase Due To Global Warming; Or, Reindeer Not Having A Ball
See if you have the smarts to follow this: global warming is going to cause "thick ice layers on top of [the] snow" in Norway, which will make "it harder…
