This matters? Talking about religion is like talking about Star Wars vs. Star Trek - it's completely detached from reality, and only done by pedantic nerds.
Then it should be done universally, with everything to the same level. They should doubt the theories of gravity at the same level as the theories of evolution. Increasing your doubt about one particular point for no reason other than spiritual or religious reasons is just wrong.
I may be jumping to conclusions here, but to me "We schould teach our children to doubt and question absolutely everything." suggests that you don't have kids...:} Cheers, Tink
Good call! Maybe I should have squeezed the word "ideally" in there somewhere.
I think such absolute skepticism is impossible to maintain in the face of how much there is in the world to understand. Very few people are in any position to vouch for the authenticity of much of the scientific experimentation that goes on. Another great attribute of humanity is the ability to pool a mass of knowledge much greater than any one individual could possibly hope to grasp on their own.
I agree with you for the most part, except for the abslute skepticism. I don't take anything as fact. I just look at everything as a probability. For example, I think the odds that some form of evolution is correct is about a million to one, based on my life experiences (which include what I read on slashdot, see on television, and hear in conversation). I'm still skeptical of evolution though. I don't know that it's true, but I'm pretty sure that it is.
Is that what he really wants to be teaching the kids? To doubt what they can't see for themselves?
Actually, yes. We schould teach our children to doubt and question absolutely everything. To me, the need for a continuous search for answers is one of the greatest attributes a person can have.
If you have any equity on your house, use that first.
If you have rich relatives, use them first.
If you can get a bank loan, use that first.
If you can sell a kidney, do that first.
Unless you need big bucks to start your company, you should avoid VC firms. They'll want too much control, and too much money. Hell, I bet VISA and Mastercard have better interest rates.
When I was a kid I used to hate it when Zelda interupted my Mario Bros show. That said, Zelda still brings back a good sense of nostalgia, and I'm sure my tastes have changed in the last 15 years or so (I actually somehow liked the Rambo game better than Zelda2 as a kid...).
PS: I also hated the live action part of the Mario Bros show even more. I'm sure I'm not alone there.
can't cook an egg with two cell phones. Each phone communicates with a tower, not each other. I even knew that before I read it on boingboing. amazing.
That doesn't mean that radio signals aren't generated that could pass through and possibly cook the egg. Radio signals don't work like laser beams.
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World of Warcraft as the new golf.
That is the dumbest thing I heard all day. And I just watched an interview with Cindy Sheehan.
Yeah, I'm sure Bush really gives a shit what you put in your gas tank.
Canada, you're hypocrisy is showing.
(I'm Canadian, but not always proud of it.)
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Dragon Warrior 4 is NOT 1MB in size, it is 512k. I'd love to see this myth die.
:)
The cartridge size of an NES game is actually talked about enough to qualify as a myth? Wow, and I thought I was a geek.
And the first SNES game I know of to use the scanline trick to push the max on screen colors from 256 to 4096.
...said the writer of the article.
Unfortunately, I live in America. How did your country's last election go for your side?
Stephen Harper...
CNet says Intel locking software to hardware is a new *cough*Wintel*cough* take on marketing.
Windows only works on Intel CPUs?
This matters? Talking about religion is like talking about Star Wars vs. Star Trek - it's completely detached from reality, and only done by pedantic nerds.
Then it is news for nerds.
Then it should be done universally, with everything to the same level. They should doubt the theories of gravity at the same level as the theories of evolution. Increasing your doubt about one particular point for no reason other than spiritual or religious reasons is just wrong.
I agree.
Whew, that was a long, arduous hospital stay! Now, maybe if I step in front of _this_ bus, maybe it will not hurt me at all.
That would make a hell of a comic strip!
You have to realize that there is a large percentage of christians who are unwittingly pushing towards another dark age.
Those christians (and radical muslims etc) will be in their own dark age. The rest of us will do alright.
I may be jumping to conclusions here, but to me "We schould teach our children to doubt and question absolutely everything." suggests that you don't have kids ... :} Cheers, Tink
Good call! Maybe I should have squeezed the word "ideally" in there somewhere.
I think such absolute skepticism is impossible to maintain in the face of how much there is in the world to understand. Very few people are in any position to vouch for the authenticity of much of the scientific experimentation that goes on. Another great attribute of humanity is the ability to pool a mass of knowledge much greater than any one individual could possibly hope to grasp on their own.
I agree with you for the most part, except for the abslute skepticism. I don't take anything as fact. I just look at everything as a probability. For example, I think the odds that some form of evolution is correct is about a million to one, based on my life experiences (which include what I read on slashdot, see on television, and hear in conversation). I'm still skeptical of evolution though. I don't know that it's true, but I'm pretty sure that it is.
Is that what he really wants to be teaching the kids? To doubt what they can't see for themselves?
Actually, yes. We schould teach our children to doubt and question absolutely everything. To me, the need for a continuous search for answers is one of the greatest attributes a person can have.
Not news for nerds.
Slashdot: News for nerds. Stuff that matters.
I just found a great game. It's free too. http://wesnoth.org/
Here's a start. You don't need slashdot's help!
If you have any equity on your house, use that first.
If you have rich relatives, use them first.
If you can get a bank loan, use that first.
If you can sell a kidney, do that first.
Unless you need big bucks to start your company, you should avoid VC firms. They'll want too much control, and too much money. Hell, I bet VISA and Mastercard have better interest rates.
Holy mother of Linus, that was the nerdiest post I've ever seen. Congrats.
I'm not an expert so this is a serious question. Hasn't Python changed considerably too over the years?
When I was a kid I used to hate it when Zelda interupted my Mario Bros show. That said, Zelda still brings back a good sense of nostalgia, and I'm sure my tastes have changed in the last 15 years or so (I actually somehow liked the Rambo game better than Zelda2 as a kid...).
PS: I also hated the live action part of the Mario Bros show even more. I'm sure I'm not alone there.
can't cook an egg with two cell phones. Each phone communicates with a tower, not each other. I even knew that before I read it on boingboing. amazing.
That doesn't mean that radio signals aren't generated that could pass through and possibly cook the egg. Radio signals don't work like laser beams.
My bad. I read the fucking post, but mistakes happen.