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When Celebrities Speak on Science
Timberwolf0122 writes to mention that the website Sense About Science is encouraging stars not to comment on scientific issues without at least checking their facts. A somewhat amusing article on the BBC matches up a few comments made by celebrities with the factual reaction from experts in the field of study tackled by their blunder.
Celebrities should be seen not heard.
...the article also encourage slashdot posters not to reply without first reading the article!
:s
Well, it might say that, I haven't read it yet
Oh no... it's the future.
But the real news here is -- Chris de Burgh is a "celebrity"? Does anyone here under 30 know who he was? For that matter, how many people over 30 remember who he was?
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Yeesh, somebody has a low thetan count today.
I love this quote by Melinda Messenger: "Why should I allow my body or my children to be filled with man-made chemicals, when I don't know what the health effects of these substances will be."
That would be the same Melinda Messenger that has breast implants.
I've got a fever and the only prescription is more COBOL.
Show a lot of things happing at once,
Remind everyone of what's going on (what's going on?)
And with every shot you show a little improvement
To show it all would take to long
That's called a montage (montage)
Oh we want montage (montage)
It's a good thing we always know what we're talking about here on /. :-)
Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy.
'Doctor' Fox:"Did you know that genetically paedophiles have more in common with crabs than with humans? There's no evidence for this, but it's still scientific fact."
Phil Collins:"What am I talking? I'm talking 'Nonce Sense'"
Etc.,
Actually, I'd rather that the professor tell his brother the federal agent that he can get the school's computer lab machines to work in parallel, trying to brute-force the encryption, and that given the complexity of the problem, he'll have it cracked anywhere between 0 and x hours. Then the FBI agent brother could go do something else and get a call on his cell phone from the geek brother that they cracked it.
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SVM, ERGO MONSTRO.
I'm sorry. We can't use this submission. It's too long. Can you summarize that to an eight-word-or-less byline that I can stick on the cover under the latest Angelina Jolie news and above "12 Awesome Hair Makeovers"? Also instead of sending a story, just send a headshot. If you're not magazine-handsome we can just use some Jeff Goldblum photos.
Thank you,
The Editor
Us PeopleTeen magazine
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
I dunno, Paris Hilton's opinion on CCIE Storage certification is pretty spot-on:
http://www.routergod.com/index.php?p=30
Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
Speaking of NUMB3RS, last night they tried to convey the idea of steganography - hiding data in images. So they zoomed in on the eyebrow of the woman (The image was implied as pr0n, though it was network TV and showed nothing.) in the picture and found clear text in there.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
...celebrities not to comment on any issue without a brain being engaged first (theirs, or someone else's if they're lacking in that department)?
Surely a reference to Brass Eye is relevant here, as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye
So did the altar boys.
Yeah, thats mean. I just couln't help myself.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
Thank you for linking to my piece on global warming. You may also wish to know that this entire discussion is moot because science is dead.
Just leave it in a jug marked 'Drink Me.'
Man, you really need that seminar!