Archive for the 'Politics' Category
J. Holdren: Forced Abortions, Mass Sterilization [Needed] - BS!
Snipped from ScienceBlogs.com.
Wow, I am deeply saddened by the continually sinking ship that is our mass media.
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What Are My Chances? The Danger of Statistics
So, What’s the Chance?
What are my chances of dying from prostate cancer? What are my chances of getting mugged tonight? Just what are my chances? Well, it depends on whom you’re asking.
Statistics can be a very helpful tool for figuring out the likelihood that something may happen. Should I pack an umbrella for tomorrow; should I double down on this hand; do I need flood insurance? These are all important questions and our society depends on having some kind of numeric measure on which to rely. Fortunately, we have statistics. There is a 40% chance of showers tomorrow; you should never double down on a 16; no, you live significantly outside the 100 year flood plane. But when it comes to our health, should we rely on the numbers that represent our chances of dying or recovery? The short answer: Unless you’re sure you are looking at the absolute risk and not the relative risk, no, you shouldn’t.
Let me explain. Here is an example from Scientific American Mind:
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Does Media Really Matter?
Should information ever be censored? Should all media outlets be held responsible to present information in a “raw” format? Should information be a constitutional right? I believe so …
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Israel declines to ask U.S. to OK Iran attack
Snipped from WashingtonTimes.com.
The psychology of fear is an interesting study. Fear can turn a normally rational, lucid human being into a raving lunatic that couldn’t see logic if it smacked him in the face.
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North Korea Attacking Hawaii?
Snipped from HuffingtonPost.com.
Is N. Korea really going to attack Hawaii, or Japan or anyone? Well, I don’t know, but John Feffer, from Foreign Policy In Focus, gives some rational reasons as to why the threat is not what it may seem.
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Feds Lend Tesla $465 Milllion
Snipped from Wired.com.
Back in Feb. of 2007, Blog4Brains.com reported on a car company that is doing some radical things with the electric car. Well, it seems Tesla Motors caught the attention of someone else as well.
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