Because the continued existence of the gambling industry (and thousands of books on "beat the slots") proves that most of the world do not know how probability works.

1. Doberman, not Rotti.

As someone who's interacted with many a doberman and chihuahua in my day, I'd have to say that they were quite spot on with the attitude of chihuahuas in that commercial. Always protective and temperamental, those dogs.

As a scientist, I can understand the value of this.

I think the Buffy episode, Earshot, cleared me completely of wanting that power.

Case in point, Hugh Laurie.

Abbreviations (wordswag)

People use the word choreography enough in everyday life that we needed an abbreviation? Wow.

Mind you, I did already have the hat from the totally awesome 5th Doctor costume my mom made me a year or two previously. I've never been so disappointed to have grown out of a set of clothes.

What enrages me is that they even gone as far as removing all female characters from the line. So it reinforces the myth that girls can't like Adventure Time and even boys that do aren't allowed to like Princess Bubblegum or whoever they like. I get that regardless how they are presented, nothing prevents boys from…

Oh dear God. I never saw the film, but I read that book so many times as a kid, and sobbed like a baby each time. I was a morbid kid, maybe.

My second grader dressed herself the other day in a plaid skirt, grey shirt and pink dress coat. She also had on a white and pink fedora. And penny loafers.

So, when is Hank giving us that video about whether being 99lbs and eating a lb of nachos makes you 1% nacho. He said it was coming!

Arg, i was going to say that there's no way that the data is that smooth and fits the curve so well. But then i realized this isn't a statistics blog and tried to quit out.

es, This!. I was typing to say this, then saw you already said it and said it better. As a nurse I am ordered to do something that seem textbook wrong, (like say a fluid bolus to someone with a systolic blood pressure of 165, some lung crackles and great urine output) but then (since this isn't the 1960's and I am…

As a nurse working night shift in the ICU of a busy hospital, I have several problems with this.

Pointing out something is pseudoscience is not mocking.

"No shit?"

At a dinner party...

And this: