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Errol Morris' First Person: Leaving the Earth (documentary)
I'd trade a hell of a lot of football in the nuts vids for this one (and I generally like the former).
Behavioral Targeting: Ads That Track Your Web Activity
Imagine if someone was browsing (or even posting!) here without taking steps to keep their identity secure!
Urban myths about climate change
To compound this, even if everyone had access to all journals, they simple would not have the experience and education to understand publications from all fields.
So, "don't be an armchair scientist," you might say. Well, policies based on science affect all of our lives, global warming being a great example, habitat destruction and resource depletion being better ones. The lay masses must vote on these policies or vote on representatives who will shape these policies. When it comes down to it, a relatively uninformed public must follow the recommendations of sources they trust. The sad thing is we, as a people, don't seem to be well enough educated in the sciences to chose trustworthy sources.
>> ^MycroftHomlz:
Have you ever done experimental research and tried to publish something?
I have... it is hard. When you say such and such experiment is crap, it is clearly out of a complete and thorough ignorance. If you are really passionate that an experiment is incorrect then you need to design another experiment to disprove it.
I trust experimental scientist because I believe that science and experiment are our only ways of really knowing something, and that is not to say I am not critical. The point is reading blogs and watching videos is fine but if you want to talk about something with any vague expertise then you need to get off your ass and go to a library and do a literature search. Libraries are free at least the last time I checked and most of them have access to scientific journals.
Boy Finds Own Real-Life E.T. - The Onion
Rise and Fall of Four Empires
COD: Modern Warfare 2 - F.A.G.S. PSA
Leaked footage of a Modern Warfare 2 level as a terrorist?
TED - Wade Davis on endangered cultures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL7vK0pOvKI&feature=related
perhaps the embed should be changed... the message is really in the second half.
..as a tangent, it bothers me that Davis has a sensationalistic style. The things he talks about are interesting enough on there own.
It often sounds like he is trying to impress the reader/audience with cool stories rather than taking joy in sharing them.
Woodpecker Versus Snake
Leaked footage of a Modern Warfare 2 level as a terrorist?
Of course games like this should be legal -- call it art if you want.
Of course parents should keep them from their kids.
..and for those who enjoy playing this level, or think at least it should be in the game, why? ..and think before you answer (sorry for the condescending tone, but damn there are a lot of stupid answers out there!).
Jimmy Carr: Audience doesn't "get it" on The Late Late Show
Urban myths about climate change
...ok PLoS, I put in a plug for you; now stop rejecting my manuscripts without review!
>> ^cybrbeast:
..can't really blame armchair scientists for not checking out scientific literature. Because most of that is only accessible at high price or via university subscriptions (at very high cost for the university).
We need science to go into public journals...
Unexpected but awesome own goal (young girl)
Mac Geek - Dag finally comes to his senses
I've discovered something amazing! Again!
...hmmm, that phrase might be worth a tee virus.
Subway Stops Inches Before Woman on Tracks
according to this, you loose your bet:
http://tv.gawker.com/5401277/drunk-woman-passes-out-in-front-of-an-oncoming-subway-train?autoplay=true
what did we bet again?
Water droplets bouncing around on a sheet of water
http://www.videosift.com/video/Coalescence-Cascade
Tarp Trouble on a baseball field - hilarious fail