Category: science
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Tweeting With the Stars, Volume 5: Deepak Chopra, Volume 2
This is hardly worth mentioning, since me and Deepak are already good buddies, but I thought this exchange was interesting. A few days ago, Deepak tweeted: To which I replied: And he replied: Which is still mostly meaningless (as usual), but at least he admitted his mistake. I was somewhat kind to Chopra in my last…
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Podcamp London + Contemplative Goose
On Saturday I attended Podcamp London. A podcamp is a gathering of people interested in blogging, podcasting, social media, and other technologyish internetty stuff. It’s referred to as an “unconference”, because the format is unconventional. There are few rules, and anyone is free to throw a presentation onto the schedule. I guess I count as…
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Fuckin Science. How Does That Work?
You’ve probably seen this: The take-home message seems to be that people should just enjoy “miracles” like trees, dirt, and cell-phone-eating pelicans (?) without questioning them. These lines in particular reveal where ICP is coming from: Fucking magnets, how do they work?And I don’t wanna talk to a scientistY’all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed…
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