russell jones

Most of this stuff is bullshit as well. Some of it has been postulated and may be true, but few of the things on this list are proven. The star alignments may be true, but the sizes of the chambers being used to match the length of a solar year, or reflect the circumference of the sun, or the distance to the sun is extremely unlikely. The Egyptians did not use the proper length of day in their calendars, so it is safe to assume they would have if they known. By the time Egyptians figured out their mistake with the calendar, the time of the great pyramids was far back in history. The claim that the building is the most perfectly aligned to true north in history sounds bogus. Not only is it nearly impossible to prove, but it is also highly unlikely, considering many cultures with better math skills aligned their buildings to the cardinal directions. I would believe that ratios within the building are related. I would believe that some parts of the building are aligned to heavenly bodies.

And this is a new idea why?

Take out same-sex marriage, pornography and divorce, and what's left is what our country was built upon. Add in slavery and you're all set!

I think I understand the point perfectly, I just don't agree. Many different kinds of businesses and organizations fund these types of programs. They are all sketchy in a way, because they can interfere with academic freedom in certain instances, but the program mentioned in the article is no more or less problematic than one funded by DuPont.

I actually tend to agree. I don't really think any speech should be prohibited.

As long as the lie is not libelous against an individual, they can lie all they want. I am not super familiar with the libel laws, but perhaps the journalist would have a case if she could show that by disseminating the incorrect information, that she herself could be harmed. As long as the story was not considered to be satire, then she may have a case.

Interesting fiction, like Pi. I remember thinking when I saw the movie the same thing I thought when I read the article, you can get a resonance between graphs and events, depending on what you choose to graph. I am sure another graph could show a resonance between a data set and whether or not eating shrimp at the Chinese buffet will make me sick.

The other students are not allowed to know because of FERPA laws. Professors can be made aware of private student information on a need to know basis according to FERPA. In other words, if a student plagiarizes a paper in my class, I can access his records to see if has done the same thing before. Otherwise, I have no right to know that information. I didn't see anywhere in the article that the funded students were being required or encouraged to report on what they see to the funding organization. Like I said, maybe I missed it.

Supa dupa dumbass.

It's better than voting for the lesser of 6 evils, less research.

Cracked on Scientology, fucking hilarious http://www.cracked.com/article_17448_scientologys-5-newest-celebrity-recruits.html Warning: I can't be responsible for you loosing a whole day of productivity to this website. Beware!

It's a more exciting and action packed truth! Government operatives, assassinations of thousands of civilians by shadowy figures controlling the world. It's a great story. Kind of like the bible. Someone should make a Hollywood action flick about this whole 9-11 conspiracy, it would be like The Day After Tomorrow with cooler villains. If Heston was still alive he would be a perfect hero. Maybe John Voight's available?

I don't think many of them care about absolute power and control. I think most of them care about their boats, cars, bank accounts, and how many interns they can bang. The whole power trip is necessary so they can keep the gravy train rolling.

Does it say in the article that they are to monitor and report what they see? I may have missed it.

This is interesting. I often hear about trans-gender people claiming that they are trapped in the wrong body. It seems that instead they may be trapped in the socialized role for their bodies. Perhaps sex changes wouldn't be necessary if people accepted their biological role and socialized the third gender to exist on its on biological terms. This makes me think of a somewhat tangential idea, but related that are evolution has not in fact stopped biologically, and that culture has sped up the process of evolution rather than slowed it. Ahhh, I'm quitting smoking this week, so I'm in a cloud with my thoughts. Sorry for not making sense!

I love the logical progression in this article, observe: "The latest manifestation of this continuity came last week when Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence, announced plans to transform the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program (PRISP) from a pilot project into a permanent budget item. Blair also announced plans to establish a “Reserve Officers' Training Corps” to train unidentified future intelligence officers in US college classrooms. Like students receiving PRISP funds, the identities of students participating in these programs would not be known to professors, university administrators or fellow students—in effect, these future intelligence analysts and agents would conduct their first covert missions in our university classrooms." No where does it say the students are going to spy on the other students or professors. Guilty by implication! I'm not saying it doesn't make me feel uneasy, it does, but the fact is that future CIA and NSA agents go to college and will observe what they see no matter if they are funded by the agencies or not. What are we going to do, exact a pledge from college students that they won't use their experience in the future?

Come to the rust belt and you will realize that this is a great idea. In Detroit there's more empty space than occupied space. The headline sounds bad, but basically the idea is to make cities' space smaller to reflect the new smaller population. The leftovers will return to nature.

I wouldn't hold your pee waiting for that to happen; could get messy.

"You must spread around before adding to Mainframes reputation again." Sorry dude. Kudos on Picard.

I love the smell of tyranny in the morning... Smells like... asphalt.

I don't know about that. Alphabetic written languages are probably more practical. The fact that Chinese is a tonal language is a limiting factor to widespread adoption by those not raised to speak it. English is so widespread and flexible, so I don't see it's prominence lessening anytime soon.

I think Mamero's response is Spictacular!

Unfortunately, Penn and Teller are iconoclasts, not skeptics, and enjoy slaying sacred cows rather than finding truth. They twist and spin facts they can find to make their own suspect conclusions that hardly differ from those they are criticizing. Case in point: the Gandhi episode.

They solve that in the Star Trek universe, it's called a replicator. 10/4 on everything else. Whether you believe in global warming or not, you still have to share the planet's resources with the rest of us, so consuming less and living simply is a good idea for now, a necessity for times to come.

Tinfoil nut muffs reflect dangerous radiation away from my little swimming soldiers so I don't have thalidomide babies.