February 2012
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nappycapy asked: Are there any strange, interesting or unusual science terms that only exist in Italian?
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Anonymous asked: Dear sir, I happened to read about this very triangular 'penis' you have on your blog that appears to be corroding your header bar with its ejaculate. I must say this is in very bad taste. It is very vulgar and crass. I do see the need to object to this. Sincerely, anon.
Anonymous asked: Come mai è stata una giornata noiosa? Hai comunque qualche programma per il fine settimana? :)
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Anonymous asked: your blog layout is too bright. i hate it. also the spaceinvaders things reminds me of a penis. usuxxors lols and I h8 u. (am I doing this right?)
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It’s in boring afternoons like this that I miss those hatred messages that sometimes I received.
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“Mother Nature doesn’t care if you’re having fun.”
– 3rd Niven’s law
She certainly doesn’t.
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The brain basis of emotion: a meta-analytic review →
I’m posting this here so that I’ll remember to read it.
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“Evolution is cleverer than you are.”
– Orgel’s Second Rule.
Orgel’s rules are a set of axioms attributed to the evolutionary biologist Leslie Orgel.
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“A common tactic used by those promoting dubious hypotheses is to argue that the...”
– Astrologers and other inhabitants of parallel universes by Chris French
Oh, look, we were talking about this some days ago.
asktheditzydoo asked: "Scientific thought, indeed, any mode of thought whether it be religious or philosophical or anything else, is just like the fashions that we wear; only much longer-lived. It’s a little like a boy band, every now and then a boy band comes along. We like it, buy the records, posters, parade them on TV, idolize them right up until — the next boy band. Aristotle was a boy band. A...
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mathematicallysplendid replied to: Okay now I KNOW […]
Okay, understandable. But what about Einstein? He was clearly far more ingenious than anyone alive today. If the myth that we use less of our brain that he did is disproved, why was he so much more ingenious?
What makes you think that Einstein’s genius was (is) matchless? Don’t get me wrong, Einstein was very clever, but...
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“As a scientist, one is trained to be skeptical, which is perhaps why many...”
– The faithful must learn to respect those who question their beliefs by Lawrence Krauss
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mathematicallysplendid asked: Okay now I KNOW this is going to start a considerable amount of disagreement, but I also and fairly certain you'll be interested. I've found at least 5 contradicting articles all explaining how "true" or "false" or "mythological" the statement, "We humans only use 10% of our brains" is. Clearly we are not using only a select portion of our brain,...
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“The triumphs of science are due to the substitution of observation and inference...”
– ‘The impact of science on society’ by Bertrand Russell, p.89.
And a few pages above Russell write:
I am constantly asked: What can you, with your cold rationalism, offer to the seeker after salvation that is comparable to the cozy homelike comfort of a fenced-in dogmatic creed?
To...
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“The scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty,...”
– “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman, p.186
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raging-rawrpants asked: Hey! I was wondering where that picture was taken that you most recently posted. It's very beautiful :D
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Anonymous asked: The planets do influence people. Maybe the subtle gravitational influence of the planets. The moon has enough of a mass to affect tides. It stands to reason gravity in that way, may produce subtle effects.
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cosmicandshit asked: i wasnt trying to prove the validity of astrology, its not something i hold stock in whatsoever. i was merely using it to make a point. im saying that im NOT a believer of astrology, i despise it. and yet im still open minded to the possibility that there is SOMETHING interesting about it GIVEN what quantum mechanics has taught us about the apparent fractal nature of everything.
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Maybe you have Asperger too.
Asperger’s Disorder is characterized by a severe and sustained impairment in social interaction, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior.
It is often present an inability to use non-verbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression and body postures, to regulate social interaction and communication. The failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental...
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“Discerning the merits of competing claims is where the empirical basis of...”
– - Lawrence M. Krauss
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How does the gender of parents matter?
Claims that children need both a mother and father to be socially and psychologically adjusted presume that women and men parent differently in ways crucial to development, but is it true?
Biblarz and Stacey (2010) analyzed the findings from 81 studies and concluded that:
The entrenched conviction that children need both a mother and a father inflames culture wars over single motherhood,...
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