This sequence of photos is hysterical, and a hat top to Warwick Holder for sending me a copy. Its the story of an attempt to recover a lost car. Its an old one (2004) and took place in Roundstone County Galway
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. Hat top to Annabelle Mark who is a constant source of this type of material Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with […]
A rather delightful satire on the way in which the proponents of pseudo-science claim scientific objectivity. The context here by the way is the WIkipedia page on NLP. X’s paper on ‘scientific fallacies’ contains only passing reference to the ‘flat earth fallacy’. [[WP:NPOV]] says “Even with well-sourced material … if you use it out of […]
I found this list of beliefs pretty scary, and spotted at least three major contradictions (well three things that are contradictions with one claim), one significant disappointment and one piece of dangerous self- delusion. For those who don’t know the five points of Calvinism are: Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace and Preservation […]
I got back from the Blues Boxing day defeat of the Dragons at around 1800 today. It was a good match with anexciting final ten minutes; the good guys won but it was cold, oh so cold. After checking the latest Randinista edits on the WIkipedia I checked my email to see one from Pascal […]
I had been meaning to write on Spiral Dynamics for some time, but this does it much better. The reply is also revealing. Ha tip to Peter Stanbridge for finding another good blog for my RSS feed. Apologies by the way for lack of productivity in the space. Too many projects, too little time and […]
I’ve always refused to fill out Myer-Briggs tests sharing the view of the Skeptic’s Dictionary that the descriptions of the types resemble the ambiguity of the fortune teller, all of that aside from my dislike of categorising people into little boxes. However Richard pointed to Typealyzer which allows you to profile your blog. The other […]
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