February 2012
57 posts
Looks like the world decided to take a royal shit...
Google and Microsoft Snap Up Googli.ng and Bi.ng... →
Check it out.. these guys are paying $50,000 USD for a domain.. oh my.
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It's Okay To Be Smart: Where we came from:
10... →
jtotheizzoe:
Where we came from:
10 YEARS: The amount of time that it took to sequence the first human genome, at a cost of $2.7 billion.
9.5 YEARS: The amount of time that it would take you to read the human genome, continuously, were it printed in a book. Oh, and that book would be the size of 200…
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If I Were President - Neil DeGrasse Tyson →
New York Times
August 21, 2011
Part of collection of opinions on the topic: If I Were President… which appeared in the Sunday Review section. What follows is the unedited version of what was published.
The question, “If I were President I’d…” implies that if you swap out one leader, put in another, then all will be well with America—as though our leaders are the cause of all ailments.
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smavocado asked: How did your test go? :D
(±0.2 Billion Years.): The internet could soon be... →
bloodredorion:
Yes, you read it right.
There are so many types of technology using radio waves, like computers, laptops, iphones, cell phones; this is making the air become clogged with information, and it is soon going to become near impossible to find a reliable connection.
But…
Interesting.
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Michael Shermer » The Believing Brain: Excerpt →
This is an excerpt from The Believing Brain: From Ghosts & Gods to Politics & Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs & Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael Shermer taken from his website at the link above. Follow the link for references.
The Demographics of Belief
According to a 2009 Harris Poll of 2,303 adult Americans, when people are asked to “Please indicate for each one if you...
“If you do not want to be criticized, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
– Confucius (via trxsxrms)
Abortion safer than giving birth: study →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
That statistic will only matter to you if you care about the welfare and health of actual living, breathing pregnant people. Which I do.
“Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think...”
– Carl Sagan
(via topsecretatheist)
