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benazir bhutto murder conspiracy theories
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After 3 days of being inundated with ignorant creationists and others spouting incredibly popular but absolutely wrongheaded claims about the meaning of "fact" and "theory" in science, I think it's a good idea to post what I think is the clearest and best explanation ever written …
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This seeded article appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing: 2005. I'd like to share it with you all.
Continuing in the spirit of articles on critical thinking, as we approach the 11th anniversary of Carl Sagan's death:
I figured with so many people questioning whether or not evolution is in fact a valid scientific theory I thought I'd throw some other scientific theories out there for the creationists and intelligent design proponents to consider. For everyone's reference, a theory is:
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Facebook has 20 million users worldwide, is worth billions of dollars and, if internet sources are to be believed, was started by the CIA.
My first title for this article was: Why the Best Liars Get Elected. Then I thought about using: The Biggest Liar Wins. In the end I settled for the truth. That is what the title is.
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Contexts of Paradigm: Debordist situation in the works of Spelling Helmut Abian.........................what?
Source: Telegraph
Despite this unusual career path, his proposal is remarkable because, by the arcane standards of particle physics, it does not require highly complex mathematics.
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In recent years evidence has been accumulating that personalities are not only found in humans but also in a wide range of other animal species...
Source: Archetyper.com
A 2-minute introduction to String Theory
Source: JessicaRulestheUniverse.com
"I've long suspected that writing actually gets done in your sleep, and what you do when you're awake is basically transcription." -Zafra
Source: Science: Current Issue
"Scottish philosopher Adam Smith asserted that when everyone acts out of self-interest, everyone will eventually benefit, as if a benevolent "invisible hand" molds the economy.
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Between technical and popular science writing is what I call "integrative science," a process that blends data, theory and narrative. Without all three of these metaphorical legs, the seat on which the enterprise of science rests would collapse
Source: Slate
Last week, Nike unveiled a shoe designed specifically for American Indians. The sneaker has both a native-theme design and—more importantly—a wider shape to accommodate the distinctly shaped feet of American Indians.
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The Death of the Author / Roland Barthes Style and the Rrepresentation of Historical Time / George Kubler The A esthetics of Silence / Susan Sontag After having just made reference to Barthes's ressurection of the author, I found this linked from thevalve.org.
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Pigeons, however, are not as dumb as they look—or, for that matter, as dumb as we humans often are ... the pigeons were offered basically three options:
Source: Metro UK
Who would have thought that the answers to the mysteries of the universe lie at the bottom of a jar of peanut butter? Well, they do if you believe creationist Chuck Missler's 'educational' video.
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A letter to the editor of the Daily Herald
So I'm reading Michael Bérubé's Rhetorical Occassions. It's witty. This morning, waiting for the train (subway, to some of you), I came upon one of the greatest summaries of American politics of the last 6 years, and decided I had to post it to Newsvine.
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With the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks upon us, while we remember the deaths of so many good Americans, it is time to take a look at an issue much of the media seems afraid to tackle.
Source: Macleans.ca
There's a school of thought that free markets and democracy go hand in hand and together they make people free and prosperous.
An introduction (that could be an article itself)
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This means that string theory doesn't have to be an effective theory -- it's a possible theory of everything. Well, it would be, except that it's a perturbation theory. It's only an approximation, and we don't know to what.
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A lot of people attend to motivational speaking sessions to have that motivational drive for success. You feel motivated after that session but the effect doesn't last long.