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  1. Re:Unlikely wing design. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 1 · on Ancient Reptile Had Wings Like a Fighter Jet

    How do you know that?

    http://www.brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/r eviews.detail/book_id/1191

  2. Re:Sciencism by infonography · · Score: 1 · on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill
    I've heard arguments like this before, "According to logical positivism, there are only two sources of knowledge: logical reasoning and empirical experience. The former is analytic a priori, while the latter is synthetic a posteriori; hence synthetic a priori does not exist." - http://www.iep.utm.edu/l/logpos.htm

    However I worry about your slinging around that word, Sciencism Pantheism --> Horusism --> Sciencism --> Christienism. Perhaps your have been reading too much Brother Judd OPEN MINDS ARE THE ENEMIES OF SCIENCISM:

  3. Re:To save everyone some time tomorrow ... by jpetts · · Score: 1 · on Mike Melvill Chosen To Fly SpaceShipOne

    You want to read where NASA is going, probably alread is, read They Shall Have Stars by James Blish ( a Star Trek author), part of the fantastic Cities in Flight series. Incidentally, Blish was also one of the people who wrote the books based on the Star Trek TV series.

  4. Usage of "apology" by mhotas · · Score: 3, Informative · on Mathematician Claims Proof of Riemann Hypothesis

    This usage of "apology" is fashionable in math circles; a prime example is the title of G. H. Hardy's memoir : A Mathematician's Apology.

  5. Re:Low credibility by nathanm · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Extinctions Due to Global Warming Predicted

    Paul Ehrlich's first predictions were in his book The Population Bomb, originally published in 1968. In it, he warned of massive famines in the 70s and 80s, when hundreds of millions would die of starvation. (Here is a good critique of Ehrlich, and a good book review of The Population Bomb.)

    He has more than 30 years of dire doomsday predictions, none of which happened. Truly the epitome of the boy who cried wolf. But what's really baffling is how so many people still hang on his every word. Somehow he's still a huge celebrity among environmentalists.

  6. Re:Trust by tep-sdsc · · Score: 1 · on Should You Trust Website Customer Reviews?
    Google is your friend. "Gail Cooke" shows up a few places, writing book

    reviews more reviews, and even more reviews.

    Don't forget the movie reviews.

    Looks like a real person who happens to write a lot of reviews. Some people review books, others post to slashdot...