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    Twitter Fiction

    I felt a little like doing this, but didn't want to open a Twitter account. Here goes. Write a story within a hundred and forty characters (including spaces). Go.
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    Pointless Calculations

    Ah, it's good to be back. One hour ago, I watched this video. I love Vsauce, and the subject of the video was intriguing, but it inspired me to perform really pointless calculations. I like to think that I have at least a reasonable degree of competency in arithmetic, and sometimes I do things...
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    The Neo-Cube Puzzle (Neobdymium Magnets)

    After a somewhat prolonged discussion with two people (via PM) in the LoR chat-room, I decided to post this, finally. Hope all of you enjoy this. Several hours ago, I encountered this puzzle (initially from YouTube, as you will see). It is a magnetic puzzle composed of several hundred extremely...
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    North Carolina Outlawing Sea Level Rise Predictions

    "What do you do when your worldview is threatened? If you're a North Carolina lawmaker, you do the one thing you know best: make the offending evidence illegal." ,Fellow Geek "Some North Carolina GOP legislators want to stop the use of science to plan for the future. They are circulating a bill...
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    E. O. Wilson's Latest Work(s)

    I considered placing this thread within the Science & Mathematics fora, but it seems more pertinent here, as it pertains directly to scientific literature, and / or popular science writing. As many of you may (or may not) know, last month, Liveright Books released a book which might well have...
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    Sometimes: Thunderf00t *can* have a point ... ish

    zarkoff45 sums it up nicely in this video: Was Thunderf00t Right?
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    New Code

    For all I know, Prolescum has already mentioned this to Cosmic Spork, since we were discussing this issue in chat. So here's a thought: Instead of ME having to go ^3/^2 or whatever every time we are talking about "to the power", or e.g. writing chemical symbols, as I sometimes do, we really...
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    A Possibly Unpopular Opinion On Francis Collins

    I'm sure this has been dealt with in some depth in the past, but I just thought I'd hop on on the bandwagon and ask y'all for some thoughts on this ... I imagine the vast majority of you will already know who Francis Collins is and if not, you can always click the Wikipedia link ...
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    Unintelligent Design

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    Another YouTube Channel Terminated ...

    I just thought I'd drop in to give notice about this. A YouTube user who's videos I kinda liked called "Morrakiu" is now gone. Apparently, he was DMCA'd maliciously several times by some member of an obscure Church group in America called Tim Todd, for reading his comics/commentating on them...
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    What is your 'favourite' aspect of scientific epistemology?

    Alright. Credit where, credit's due, it was WarK's idea, discussed with me in the LoR chat. :) The way he asked the question was "what is your favourite 'thing' about science"? I have rephrased the question somewhat. However, it boils down to the same basic question: What part of the...
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    Tax Money to Lobby for MORE Tax Money

    Heh. A genuine stroke of genius. :) But honestly though, this 'trick' (of sorts) is quite damn awesome. Robert Reich on the "Military Industrial Congressional Complex" And in case anyone is still in doubt, I'll give you an excerpt from one of my favourite must-reads, written by Noam Chomsky...
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    Is Pope Benedict XVI a Troll?

    Unusual title, I do realize. Still, you will see what I mean. Here is the official English transcription of Pope Benedict XVI's 2011 Christmas Eve Homily. What struck me about this was it's apparent disdain for reason, and one passage in particular. Take a look at this particular excerpt, and...
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    Cancer-Exterminating Nano-particles!

    While impressive indeed in its own right, this was in fact developed by a very young girl. A 17 year old, as it happens! :) Her science project as it is in this case, has the curious title: "Design of Image-guided, Photo-thermal Controlled Drug Releasing Multifunctional Nanosystem for the...
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    YouTube Profile Mod-Error

    It is not something particularly important. And I'm unsure if this is simply a glitch of my own computer, or a problem with the software, but ... As you know, there is a faculty that can be used by members with YouTube accounts, i.e. they can display their YouTube name, etc. on their forum...
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    **STICKY** YouTube Media Vault

    Preface There is lots of (metaphorically speaking) "treasure" on YouTube to support the League of Reason, and also to promote the atheist, secular, humanist, naturalist, etc... "world-views" there. I am sure all of you will be well aware of this fact, and this forum could well be considered a...
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    Of Festive Billboards and Atheism

    NJ Side of the Lincoln tunnel ... Atheist Billboard Goes Up in Time For the Holidays Here is the CNN Story: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-706810?hpt=hp_bn2 Some people will likely react to this as too egotistical, provocative, arrogant, or confrontational, etc. Just ask yourself one...
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    Evolution By Natural Selection

    Evolution By Natural Selection -- A Discussion of The Basics With the interest of a couple of individuals, such as WarK and theyounghistorian77 - along with (possibly) Hytegia - I open this thread to invite general discussion of the basics of Evolutionary Biology - anything and everything to do...
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    Mozart ... a key to better colonoscopies?!

    This news grabbed my attention. It dramatically underscores the strong relationship between music and cognitive function! 8-) Listening to Mozart Improves Doctors' Colonoscopy Exam Performance -- "Mozart effect" on "spatio-temporal reasoning" ... The next time I use my telescope I'll...
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    The world at seven billion

    7 billion people and you, what's your number?? "The world's population is expected to hit seven billion in the next few weeks. After growing very slowly for most of human history, the number of people on Earth has more than doubled in the last 50 years. Where do you fit into this story of human...
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