splawn

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by splawn 10y ago
right... nothing valid to say...
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by splawn 10y ago
I will just cross my fingers that you eat a bunch of untested drugs then... for your health! :D
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by splawn 10y ago
that is disingenuous... as you said "a trial is there to experiment and find out about possible safety issues". You have to test drugs before you can feed them to everyone safely.... but you obviously already knew that and just
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by splawn 10y ago
You want honesty? Scientific discovery doesn't care about economic models. The chemical properties of CO2 are not affected by politics. You don't get to vote on thermodynamics. There is no debate regarding the existence of AGW,
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by splawn 10y ago
.....but we are talking about healthcare. Safety should trump all other things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere
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by splawn 10y ago
Don't get him started on free vs open source toilets. =P I had no idea this was even a thing. Doesn't seem justifiable to me, it just seems cruel.
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NASA releases new, detailed Greenland glacier data(climate.nasa.gov)
2 points by splawn 10y ago|0 comments
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by splawn 10y ago
my list (not op) 1. Scythe 2. Pyramid Arcade 3. Hands in the Sea 4. Energy Empires 5. Mechs vs Minions 6. Medici (reprint) 7. Via Nebula 8. Millennium Blades 9. Power Grid: The Card Game 10. Yokohama
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by splawn 10y ago
There are lots of new party games coming out too. Codenames is one that is simple and seems to be getting more and more popular.
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Earth on Pace for Its Warmest Year on Record After a 5th Warmest November(wunderground.com)
1 points by splawn 10y ago|0 comments
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Hundreds of Scientists Rally in San Francisco to Stand Up for Science(wunderground.com)
1 points by splawn 10y ago|0 comments
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Autumn 2016: Warmest in U.S. Weather History(wunderground.com)
3 points by splawn 10y ago|0 comments
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by splawn 10y ago
Is there a site on there that is misscatagorized? Is it missing something that you know of? Let me know and I will fwd it on to the creator if you don't want to. :)
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by splawn 10y ago
Sure, there will always be room for improvement. However, I disagree with your latter point, putting ignorant, anti-science, religious, magical thinking people into power is really hurting science. Unlike religion, philosophically, Scienc
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by splawn 10y ago
Despite all of your examples, science is still the best way we have for understanding the universe. If you have a better way then by all means enlighten us.
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by splawn 10y ago
Exactly, when it comes to reality not everybody gets a trophy. Critical thinking and science are waaaay undervalued in our culture.
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by splawn 10y ago
I agree. Also nothing beats critical thinking in the end when it comes to evaluating a news source.
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by splawn 10y ago
They mention Daily Kos. "It’s always best to read multiple sources of information to get a variety of viewpoints and media frames. Some sources not yet included in this list (although their practices at times may qualify them for addit
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False, Misleading, Clickbait-Y, and Satirical “News” Sources(docs.google.com)
9 points by splawn 10y ago|8 comments
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by splawn 10y ago
You might want to monitor the progress unfolding on this list of dubious news sites. It seems relevant to your endeavor. https://docs.google.com/document/d/10eA5-mCZLSS4MQY5QGb5ewC3...
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by splawn 10y ago
>Impact great than 0 does not mean it's enough. I agree, but it doesn't discount it either, it simply means greater than 0. Its not enough to draw a conclusion from which is why I haven't. My only claim is that critical th
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Trump’s Proposals: Dangerous to Our Climate’s Future(wunderground.com)
1 points by splawn 10y ago|0 comments
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by splawn 10y ago
I know this is bleeding over from our previous conversation, but the only case I have made wrt this topic is my opinion that it would be nice if critical thinking was more of a cultural force than it currently is. I would play your game a
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by splawn 10y ago
Take a look at his comment history, that is Thom's MO. Trump being elected due to misinformation triggers the crap out of him for some reason.
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by splawn 10y ago
Forgive me if I am wrong... but didn't his political momentum mainly start with his very public lead role in the "birther movement"? "Global Warming is a Chinese Hoax" "Ted Cruiz's father killed JFK"
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by splawn 10y ago
Are you not following this thread? We are talking about critical thinking wrt democracy. We got on this tangent because the first comment paraphrased the Jefferson quote: "If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is t
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by splawn 10y ago
Yep. If you elaborate perhaps I will get exactly what it is you are trying to say. Are you trying to say "Critical thinking is hard and easy to mess up?" If so, then sure, I can see that. I just wish it was more of a thing in our
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by splawn 10y ago
I don't know about "magic sauce", but I do my best to apply it to everything I can.... Critical thinking is about as generalized as you can get. The definition google spits out is: "the objective analysis and evaluation
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by splawn 10y ago
Idk if you write code or not, but if you don't think critical thinking is good in general when dealing with unknowns (such as when making a decision on a democratic vote), then I bet your debug sessions are hilarious to observe.
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by splawn 10y ago
Democracy (Not speaking for GP... Just a reminder that that is the context of what we are talking about)

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