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Courtesy: NASA A few years back when I was still following the Bad Astronomy blog, Phil Plait posted an image of odd geological features on Mars, along with the current speculations as to how they had occurred – which were not quite fitting the visible details. Definitely read the post for the salient bits, [...] June 17th, 2013 | Tags: Astronomy Picture of the Day, Bad Astronomy, carbon dioxide, CO2, dry ice, HiRISE, insufferable bastard, Martian gullies, unreasonable rates | Category: Astronomy, Continued from other blogs, Photography, Too Cool |
 Leave a commentThose letters are internet shorthand, not for, “Transgender lifestyles; Dominican Republic” as you might expect, but for, “Too long; didn’t read.” It’s the battle cry of the short-attention span, the post comment meant to be critical, but instead illustrating the missing depth of the commenter. “Reading is hard,” it says, “You’re expecting too much [...] June 9th, 2013 | Tags: attention span, damn lies, Farhad Manjoo, meaningless statistics, Slate magazine, web content, You won't finish this article | Category: Continued from other blogs, Random |
Leave a commentA recent post over at Scientific American brings up an interesting question, especially to those who pursue critical thinking: what does rational actually mean? We use this word all of the time, perhaps without realizing how subjective it is; few people ever think they’re being irrational themselves, while others would be quick to disagree [...] May 22nd, 2013 | Tags: logic, rational, rational argument, reason, subjectivity, valuation | Category: Continued from other blogs, Critical Thinking |
Leave a commentI think most people know that there are certain kinds of fires that you don’t throw water on to extinguish, primarily grease, oil, gasoline, and electrical. In such cases, water is simply going to make matters much worse, either by splashing and floating the burning substances to disperse in a wider range, or by [...] May 14th, 2013 | Tags: activism, confirmation bias, emotional supplication, GMO, Greenpeace, Mark Lynas, misguided, PETA, ruled by emotion, self-importance, self-righteousness | Category: Continued from other blogs, Critical Thinking, Reference, Science & Evolution |
Leave a commentIt’s been a little longer between posts than intended, but this only means that truly major, insightful, earth-shaking stuff is coming soon (yeah, yeah, I know; save the sarcasm.) I’ve had a couple of projects going, and have been commenting in other locations, such as Sean Carroll’s Preposterous Universe blog, or maybe it’s S=k. [...] May 9th, 2013 | Tags: "cute" is not subjective, Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, worthless philosophy | Category: Continued from other blogs, Nature, Photography |
Leave a commentHey! Carl Zimmer has been inspired by one of my posts! Didn’t give me credit, though… Well, it’s my 500th post, provided you ignore some deleted update markers and having to rebuild the blog long ago when the last software failed to perform, and the idea that everything I write goes through a few drafts. But anyway, it’s an important milestone, since it’s halfway to 1,000 posts, which is where [...] No, not me; I’m actually talking about an article by Andrew Evans called, “10 Tips for Photographing Wildlife in Galápagos.” Evans shoots for National Geographic Traveler, and thus has more cred than I’ll ever have. Definitely check out that article, because he’s got some decent points. Of course, with a lead-in like that, it [...] Over at Why Evolution Is True, Jerry Coyne has posted a new rule regarding anonymity and pseudonyms – specifically, that he no longer allows someone to link to his site from another when critiquing his posts, unless they’re using their real name. I will stress that as a policy, it’s a relatively minor change, [...] |
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