thanks for your question. first of all, i don't believe in certainty. second, i rely on others to do my thinking for me (i'm very busy). my post above was based on Steven Pinker's discussion of the SETI project in his book How the Mind Works, pp. 150-155 (if you google "seti steven pinker" this should come up in…

i can't do math. that's why it's a rough estimate

see Total Recall

The chances of "intelligent" life in the universe are like 0.0000000000000000000001% (by a rough estimate) Our belief in intelligent life stems from another belief — deeply-felt but human-centric, teleological, and erroneous — that evolution somehow strives toward intelligence.

maybe some light probing?

That, or Mark Wahlberg could step in

i'm confused about one thing in the newswire. they landed their plane when they were low on fuel? were JaRule and this other doosh flying the plane?

Well the Dao that can be named is of course not the Eternal Dao

not all TSA agents are assholes, some just have IQs lower than your average invertebrate

"I hate flying," SFO edition:

how does one get chosen for a deluxe sensual rubdown? all TSA ever does to me is physically threaten me/cause me to miss my flight

On a flight from one end of China to the other, I got the middle seat between a Russian prostitute and a guy who was reading a book while masturbating. Neither of them were good conversationalists.

"Je veux pisser!"

"Rural China was more upbeat"

Brutal!

Which in turn shouldn't be confused with Brett Ratner's The Big Butt House

what total bullshit

definitely preferable to a hot karl

This may help explain why he's blind & mute

i hate RATM, but this is the only song of theirs i've heard. had no idea it's one of their weakest songs. now i feel bad