The problem is that the government has no credibility. How do we know what they release are the real documents? And they can still [redact] it to the point of uselessness.
In contrast, my X would make things go haywire. Whenever she went out shopping, her friends would always get in another checkout line or make her last since they knew something would go wrong with the register once she got near it.
And for the record, this is a classic example of observational selection bias. Get a new car? Suddenly you notice that same car everywhere. Everyone bought the same car you did! Except they totally didn't, it just seems that way. How about one a little closer to home -- ever had that friend that claimed they could turn off street lights? Or that the traffic signals "have it in for you"? More observational selection bias. Humans have this tendancy to see patterns where none exist -- like seeing faces in clouds. There's a good evolutionary reason for this too -- see something move in the bushes and ZOMFG IT'S A BEAR!... 99 times out of 100, it isn't a bear... but over a few hundred generations... guess what: Those few times it really was a bear has an impact on a person's ability to reproduce. Funny, isn't it; Seeing things that (usually) aren't there has an evolutionary benefit.
So there you have it. SSSSSSCCCCCIENCE! (cape swish) (flies away)
That is a phenomena distinct from observational selection bias. It's called Pareidolia.
Slashdot Mirror
Film at 11.
I am shocked, shocked!
Imagine a boot stomping on a face, forever.
You're that face.
They're not even trying to hide the Slashvertisements anymore. So much for, "You must be new here."
Unpossible!
I for one believe my new information overlords.
Everyone knows Mars is only 6,000 years old like the Earth.
Thank God!
What has the world come to?!
Acknowledging the problem doesn't exist, it most certainly does.
Google wants to give us Anonymous IDentifiers.
Yay for AIDS!
The problem is that the government has no credibility. How do we know what they release are the real documents? And they can still [redact] it to the point of uselessness.
In contrast, my X would make things go haywire. Whenever she went out shopping, her friends would always get in another checkout line or make her last since they knew something would go wrong with the register once she got near it.
And for the record, this is a classic example of observational selection bias. Get a new car? Suddenly you notice that same car everywhere. Everyone bought the same car you did! Except they totally didn't, it just seems that way. How about one a little closer to home -- ever had that friend that claimed they could turn off street lights? Or that the traffic signals "have it in for you"? More observational selection bias. Humans have this tendancy to see patterns where none exist -- like seeing faces in clouds. There's a good evolutionary reason for this too -- see something move in the bushes and ZOMFG IT'S A BEAR! ... 99 times out of 100, it isn't a bear... but over a few hundred generations... guess what: Those few times it really was a bear has an impact on a person's ability to reproduce. Funny, isn't it; Seeing things that (usually) aren't there has an evolutionary benefit.
So there you have it. SSSSSSCCCCCIENCE! (cape swish) (flies away)
That is a phenomena distinct from observational selection bias. It's called Pareidolia.
For any galactic bulges.
We should invade Vietnam to teach them a lesson.
...they kinda just suck your sole...
Bon appe-feet?
This, this, this. This is the most informative post in this whole thread. Read it. Absorb it. Live it.
This is actually a perfect analogy, except you missed slightly.
So it ISN'T a perfect analogy.
Spore
“Mice can eat garbage and food that is lying around and is rotten,” Dr. Davis said. “Humans can’t do that. We are too sensitive.”
Tell that to the hobo outside my apartment complex.
Just watch Breaking Bad for the how-to.
...to the land of tomorrow!
Homemade fleshlight!
So we can just skip the artificial insemination and do it the good ol' fashion way...
Those calling bathroom stall numbers will undoubtedly "refinance" your left nut.