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PONDERABLES
Oh, the irony.
If you whisper to a crying toddler, they’ll quiet down to hear what you’re saying. If you make your words almost imperceptible, they will really quiet down.
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That works in the classroom also.
When I had something very important to say to my kids, I always lowered my voice and loved to watch them lean forward in their chairs to hear better.
On Science
A recent comment:
"C5 there are genuine points to both sides. "Trust science" and "Trust science that's funded by big pharma and ultimately Government." We are a free people to decide right or wrong. Right? -Armando"
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But most folks don't compare science to science.
Examples:
The Earth is not flat.
Vaccines do not cause autism.
Manmade climate change is real.
The moon landing was not faked.
5G signals did not cause covid.
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We have a system for weeding out the bullshit and it has worked well for decades. It's called "peer review". My science advisor tells me that she and her fellow reviewers like nothing more than pointing out the shortcomings of their peers.
This anti-science strategy scares the shit out of me.
God's Favorite Country
If you think pronouns are confusing wait until you find out about verbs.
We are all going to experience climate change as a series of short, apocalyptic videos until eventually it's your phone that's recording it.
That new ground-penetrating(?) radar has found dozens more of those.
*OSIT
Sod roofs support biodiversity by creating a space for local plants to thrive, even in urban areas. These roofs serve as a habitat for birds to nest and insects to breed. Furthermore, the vegetation on these roofs helps to absorb rainwater, which can reduce annual runoff by 40% to 90%. During winter, the plants keep the home warm, while in the summer, they keep the house cool. The vegetation also acts as a sound barrier, absorbing external noise and creating a peaceful indoor environment.
Also from Norway...
Ladies, don't be a replacement for your man's mother. Be a replacement for the thing under his bed but he was afraid of as a child – mysterious, elusive, and most likely spawned in hell.
All great literature is one of two stories: a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
OBJECTS OF INTEREST
I wonder if it works.
The lighting is extraordinary. Look at her back and arm!
Talk about a picture being worth a thousand words!
There seems to be a plethora of nonfunctional ramps on the internet.
For those wide-ass drivers.
My grandfather made my grandmother's wedding ring out of a $20 gold piece. After her funeral, they showed us that ring that had been worn thread thin on the side that faced her palm. I was only six but I recognized at that point the great power of heirlooms.
I would like a pedestrian path lined with those.
Remember this?
Yet Another Elephant Rescue
Yet Another Sinkhole
Trans Spoof
What a terrible day to have eyes.
Thrift Shop Finds
You can lead a horse to water. You can lead a platypus to an Applebee's. You can lead a badger to a Honda dealership. You can boss animals around pretty easily.
It is just a working theory but I think everyone who has ever had a hamster had some kind of traumatic experience with it.
ODD HUMAN ACTIVITY
We did that to teachers' cars in high school.
Subtitles mess it up, it should be Curt for the joke to work
And...
The look on her face...
This kid's uncle was asked to babysit and he sent the mother these pics...
BMW
Is that a ditch or a raised road?
Dancers
Horse girls are different.
Making Basketballs
I never knew it was so labor-intensive.
Shoplifting a Shoplifter
I wonder what happens to your chances of beating the shoplifting rap when the police lose the goods before they are entered into evidence?
Fleeing Felon?
I missed it the first time.
11 comments:
Below A3 On Science.
A friend of mine works at the European Research Centre (JRC) Ispra, Italy. He tells me that, many years ago, when the funding was being allocated, they were told to find evidence that climate change was being caused by human activity. Whilst this is undeniably the case, it is not scientific to impose such a restriction on research. It appears that governments are more interested in raising money through punitive carbon taxation than doing something about climate change. I tried to point this out to you some time ago. I suspect you didn’t read my comment properly as you branded me a climate change denier. I’m not I just understand the process of science and I’m highly suspicious of governments.
A science guy
Dear Science Guy, I've never claimed that the process of scientific research was pristinely flawless. Scientists have fudged data. Some invent data to support their desired outcome. Scientists are human, after all - warts and all. But if manmade climate change has been proven beyond rational doubt then you simply have a public relations problem to motivate the citizens to get on board the solution train. To convince the deniers that the problem must be addressed you need overwhelming evidence. Maybe, just maybe, the folks at JRC wanted to amass even more evidence.
RH
RH
So why is it OK for governments to have a biased point of view rather than one based on objectivity?
Andrew Wakefield had a view on vaccines that was not objectively supported by science and he has been completely discredited.
I do believe in climate change, I have spent a large portion of my career working on tropical forest conservation. I don’t believe that government (I’m in the U.K.) has any real interest in climate change beyond using it as a way of imposing punitive taxes.
Science Guy
A3 AND A4 You have so much to learn, Grasshopper.
C10 But I have faith in you.
Dear A3 and A4 Anon, So, why don't you educate me? Specifically, why do you think this country is in imminent danger of being overrun by Communism. And, why I shouldn't trust the peer-reviewed scientific model.
RH
C1: no, it does not work. It's a man standing on an axle holding a shovel in his hand for crying out loud.
C14: did you notice that the brake lights came on as the car went down? Watch the center brake light. Come on.
Puzzle.
Dog running toward you, or felon fleeting. Blink and it changes, depends on what point you focus on.
Dear C14 Anon, Maybe the water shorted them out. When a car I owned caught on fire the flashers came on.
RH
Regarding science and bias...
One problem is that a significant number of studies that fail to disprove the null hypothesis (i.e., there is no difference between control and intervention) are either not submitted for publication, or they are relegated to a lower tier journal. "No difference" is just not that exciting.
Another Science Guy
D8: I guess it's two kids to his babysitting. They definitely have different outfits on.
It's amazing what we can do with computers today, isn't it?
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