I kinda had the same thought. How fast can it be arranged for this guy to lose his job in congress and then lose his med license? Yesterday wouldn't be too soon.

My university's American Nuclear Society would host a few workshops every year for Boy Scouts to earn their Nuclear Science merit badge. We'd make cloud chambers as a workshop session; it was a very neat demo. From my experience I'd recommend buying some uranium ore (ebay or amazon) and putting it in the center of…

The problem I see with that (from the studio's perspective) is origin stories are the most successful superhero movies. That doesn't mean they shouldn't do it that way, just that it would be a hard sell.

That can be mitigated by turning the biomass into biochar, which is stable, and can even make mixed to make soil with a number of excellent properties for retaining water, nutrients and reduction of erosion (a la terra preta).

The worst part of this part is Haidt argues one of the underlying values is, "respect for authority," which is how this loggerhead arose. One side wants reproductive choice, the other side's authority figure says, 'no' so the other side wants to limit reproductive choice. How do we not step on each other's sacred…

What you are arguing becomes the crux of the rebuttal to the defense of reproductive choice on the grounds of personal autonomy; it is a somewhat compelling argument, particularly when framed in terms of accountability. I salute you for cutting to the chase. That said, it's equally fair to re-frame it as, 'if a…

The sticking point on this argument seems to be, even if you do consider a fetus a person with the full moral and legal implications that implies (something I'm not willing to do, but suspending that question for the moment), in no way is a person obligated to maintain another's life with their own bodies. It's like…

hmm. I've really liked a lot of Haidt's work in the past, but his latest push to be an extremist moderate ends up invoking a lot of false equivalences that kinda sorta piss me off. The work he has done on universal values and how that impacts our political affiliations is really interesting, and I think could help…

My sense is Martin is giving Lachwicz a huge gift here. They're trying to shame her for gaming, which will just make gamers close ranks around her. This is an responsive, passionate, and spendy cohort to have supporting you. In the final estimation Lachwicz's gaming becoming public knowledge will probably gain her…

Two words: horse race.

He compared his bowling to the Special Olympics.

Have you heard the reason the Hindenburg probably caught was the Aluminum powder they coated the outside with? It was basically painting a Zeppelin with the fuel in the solid rocket boosters of the space shuttle. H2 ignites easier than gasoline, but it doesn't burn so hot.

I see more than semantic difference bet between "just anyone running around checking classified information" and acting as a publisher for those who, for a variety of reasons, want to leak information. Perhaps this is a root of our disagreement?

No, we can agree that it would be a bad idea to, " have just anybody running around checking classified information to make sure it actually should be classified." Thankfully that isn't what happens, and that's not what I'm supporting. I've rather enjoyed this conversation, so that digression caught me unawares at…

To your first point, and this may be a fundamental disagreement between us - when the government is classifying things inappropriately, the government is the very last organization I want overseeing their own impropriety. Too many times we've seen important information the public needs to know hidden from by public…

As I pointed out above, in regards to leaking documents they don't have the clearance for, WikiLeaks is no different from the New York Times, Washington Post, and a numerous other organizations. In point of fact these news papers have published Top Secret documents, which WikiLeaks has never done. You'll have to…

Surely you see that the existence of the ISOO doesn't make WikiLeaks redundant... right?

That's right, and the NYT and WaPo are next! In fact, those two organizations have leaked "Top Secret" documents; WikiLeaks hasn't even done that!

Two things:

I remember reading an article about how Da Vinci put his own features into the Mona Lisa, but I never saw it until seeing this Isleworth Mona Lisa now. I find the subtle differences in the features quite striking for reasons I can't quite put my finger on.