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Some good reading

Posted on January 19, 2012 by ret56fe

Three excellent articles I read today, that I would recommend to you: Tim O’Reilly’s contribution to edge.org‘s 2012 Question: 2012 : WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION? Tim talks about Pascal’s Wager, and how this famous proposition is a useful way … Continue reading →

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The Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Posted on September 22, 2011 by ret56fe

When it comes to IVF, in-vitro fertilization, nothing is normal. Your world is upside-down. Your doctor compliments your wife on her monkeys. Then, when every dollar and exertion has gone toward a single hour of hope, it begins to snow. … Continue reading →

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A toast to the best treasurer in the world – The Drum (ABC)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by ret56fe

Foreign observers must feel – watching Australia’s existential struggles with our dribbles of illegal immigrants, and our fretting about how the mining boom is ruining us with its intemperate billions – like the poor neighbours of a lottery winner overhearing … Continue reading →

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Sifting through the debris for real legacy of attacks

Posted on September 12, 2011 by ret56fe

In that sense, the fact that every mainstream media outlet is marking this terrible anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks is a victory for the perpetrators. Terrorism is least successful when it is ignored; when it is denied what … Continue reading →

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What’s (still) wrong with the war against drugs

Posted on June 29, 2011 by ret56fe

On April 3 1924, a group of American congressmen held an official hearing to consider the future of heroin. They took sworn evidence from experts, including the US Surgeon General, Rupert Blue, who appeared in person to tell their committee … Continue reading →

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Nyiragongo Crater: Journey to the Center of the World – The Big Picture

Posted on April 16, 2011 by ret56fe

via boston.com Awesome – in the dictionary sense of the word – images of Nyiragongo Crater in the Great Lakes district of Africa. Well worth your time.

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National Geographic: Pixar’s Up! can be done

Posted on March 16, 2011 by ret56fe

It was another one of those Disney moments of magic. When 78-year-old retiree Carl Frederickson’s house takes off into the air aided by the help of hundreds of helium balloons in Up!, viewers saw it is a heart-warming moment of … Continue reading →

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Lies, damn lies, and statistics

Posted on January 14, 2011 by ret56fe

14 January 2011 Lies, damn lies, and statistics Stephan Lewandowsky When George W. Bush announced in 2003 that under his policy, ”92 million Americans receive an average tax cut of $1,083,” those numbers were not, strictly speaking, incorrect. However, they … Continue reading →

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A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An Atheist – Speakeasy – WSJ

Posted on December 22, 2010 by ret56fe

By Ricky Gervais Ricky Gervais Why don’t you believe in God? I get that question all the time. I always try to give a sensitive, reasoned answer. This is usually awkward, time consuming and pointless. via blogs.wsj.com I’ve made the … Continue reading →

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Where I draw the line – Roger Ebert’s Journal

Posted on December 22, 2010 by ret56fe

Roger Ebert’s Journal Where I draw the line By Roger Ebert  on November 25, 2010 4:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (278) It appears that not a single TSA agent has declined to perform a full-body pat down of airline … Continue reading →

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