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No, you’re not going to split the vote. Here’s why.

2 weeks ago
“The kids watch a lot of science shows.” (via Daisy Owl - Dinosaur vs. Firetruck)

“The kids watch a lot of science shows.” (via Daisy Owl - Dinosaur vs. Firetruck)

I also find cranks fascinating because they are a study in how science can go wrong. Studying them is like studying an advanced disease, it might teach you something about more subtle forms of the disease.

In other words – all scientists can be a little cranky at times.

NeuroLogica Blog » Crank Theory of Everything

NeuroLogica Blog » Debating Homeopathy Part I

“The less plausible, the more outrageous and unconventional a scientific claim, the more nitpicky and uncompromising we should be in applying the standards above. This follows a Bayesian logic – you are not beginning with a blank slate, as if we have no prior knowledge, but rather are starting with existing well-established science and then extending that knowledge further.

“To clarify – if a new claim seems implausible it does not mean that it is a-priori not true. It simply means that the threshold of evidence required to conclude that it is probably true is higher.”

1 month ago

Windfarm sickness spreads by word of mouth, Australian study finds. Health complaints from people living around turbines shown to be psychological effect of anti-wind lobby making people worry

2 months ago

Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers (by TEDtalksDirector)

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Companion planting

Companion planting

Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow, and the day after that. Look at who you want to be, and start sculpting yourself into that person. You may not get exactly where you thought you’d be, but you will be doing things that suit you in a profession you believe in. Don’t let life randomly kick you into the adult you don’t want to become.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s answer to the question “Any advice to a young person who wants to get into this field?”, from his spectacular reddit IAmA (via apoplecticskeptic)

(via cosmopolitanism)

If you want an extraordinary life, you must have equally extraordinary routines and rituals.

Create Better Days with Empowering Routines and Loving Rituals | Tiny Buddha

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Gay Warriors. Artist Tatjana Plitt has been capturing same-sex couples serving in the military to raise awareness about the discrimination caused by the Defense Of Marriage Act.

buzzfeedlgbt:

Gay Warriors. Artist Tatjana Plitt has been capturing same-sex couples serving in the military to raise awareness about the discrimination caused by the Defense Of Marriage Act.

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This is how far Rape Culture skews our vision. Being sexually harassed and assaulted is seen as something that you should be cool (i.e. quiet) about. But GOD FORBID you break up the weekly games night with the temerity to be a victim of such a crime! Don’t you know that your harasser has the best table for playing Settlers of Cataan?

#322 & #323 “My friend group has a case of the Creepy Dude. How do we clear that up?” « CaptainAwkward.com

Russell Brand interviews two members of the Westboro Baptist Church (by Lucas Witherspoon)