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  • #1262
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    Galvasean wrote: »
    Scientists plan to launch assault on the outer rim of hell:
    http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-scientists-drill-earth-mantle.html

    Lazy bastards! Wish I could get paid for the next 7 years while "scouting" around the pacific!


    :D


  • #1263
    stevoslice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭stevoslice


    NCSE-Table-1_lg.gif


  • #1264
    sponsoredwalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭sponsoredwalk


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0CXmagQu0


  • #1265
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,627 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM


    You can FF a bit, but basically the entire Buffalo herd come back in force to rescue one of their calves.

    Who says 'morality' is for humans alone?


  • #1266
    liamw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,780 ✭✭✭liamw


    Dades wrote: »

    You can FF a bit, but basically the entire Buffalo herd come back in force to rescue one of their calves.

    Who says 'morality' is for humans alone?

    And another recent example of 'moral' behaviour..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TM9GL2iLI


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  • #1267
    Agonist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Agonist


    thebhoy wrote: »
    NCSE-Table-1_lg.gif


    Just out of interest, what's the most distant relationship between two humans on earth? The only info I found after a quick search was from a Musim site :confused:
    http://www.therevival.co.uk/voice-muslim-youth-cousin-marriages wrote:
    the most distant relation ship between two people on earth currently is 16th removed cousins.


  • #1268
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Brian Cox, presenter of some excellent BBC documentaries, discusses the benefits, drawbacks and challenges of TV Science documentaries and how he thinks we can use them to progress scientific understanding.
    He mentions some truly shocking statistics, iirc, he said that over 80% of the population of over 16s and above get the majority of their information on science from tv news, documentaries and other mainstream media. He explains how the bbc was inundated with complaints about his comments on Astrology and how they responded by merely stating it was his own personal opinion. Anything that is deemed controversial science (even if it is consensus) is deemed personal opinion.:( Well worth a watch imo.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPrdK4hWffo


  • #1269
    cavedave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭cavedave


    First homosexual caveman found


  • #1270
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    cavedave wrote: »
    First homosexual caveman found
    Was his name Dave? :pac:


  • #1271
    cavedave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭cavedave


    If they were transgender is it correct to say he?

    an archeologist friend says you have to be really careful with interpreting graves. He once thought he'd found Ireland first sheep shagger


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  • #1272
    liamw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,780 ✭✭✭liamw


    cavedave wrote: »
    First homosexual caveman found

    It was obviously a result of the environment in which he was raised :pac:


  • #1273
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,473 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    cavedave wrote: »
    thought he'd found Ireland's first sheep shagger
    Either that, or the country's earliest practical-joking undertaker.


  • #1274
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    Malty_T wrote: »
    Brian Cox, presenter of some excellent BBC documentaries, discusses the benefits, drawbacks and challenges of TV Science documentaries and how he thinks we can use them to progress scientific understanding. [/YOUTUBE]

    Just watching this now. Comes out with a great one liner describing science. "It is utterly apopulist. It's findings respect no social or political norms or religious beliefs."

    Good watch so far and reminded me again that I really need to sit down and watch Cosmos..


  • #1275
    Galvasean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    cavedave wrote: »
    First homosexual caveman found

    Debunked.


  • #1276
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,627 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Dude, the correct nomenclature is actually "caveperson".


  • #1277
    cavedave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭cavedave


    The way I see it

    1. He is not a caveman. I just copied from the headline.

    2. You cannot be certain it is a man. fair enough, like the debunking claims telling gender from skeletons is hard. Even with a living person gender tests are really difficult.

    3. there is not enough evidence to say the person was gay or transgender. This is putting very modern definitions on someone thousands of years ago which are probably a bad fit.

    Supposing that he is found to likely be a he, and especially if more such finds occur I still think it is an interesting case. It does seem to imply that gender roles in the past may not have been as simple as pop evolutionary psychology talking heads make it sound.


  • #1278
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Came across this today:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U


  • #1279
    GO_Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 966 ✭✭✭GO_Bear


    Published in nature last week
    Probably not so relevant but interesting none the less


  • #1280
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,541 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    maybe the tevatron has beaten the LHC to an unexpected prize:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13000253


  • #1281
    Galvasean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    cavedave wrote: »
    The way I see it

    1. He is not a caveman. I just copied from the headline.

    2. You cannot be certain it is a man. fair enough, like the debunking claims telling gender from skeletons is hard. Even with a living person gender tests are really difficult.

    3. there is not enough evidence to say the person was gay or transgender. This is putting very modern definitions on someone thousands of years ago which are probably a bad fit.

    Supposing that he is found to likely be a he, and especially if more such finds occur I still think it is an interesting case. It does seem to imply that gender roles in the past may not have been as simple as pop evolutionary psychology talking heads make it sound.

    Oh I'm not denying it is an extraordinary find. I just hate when the media jump to conclusions and end up making science look silly. like the great Ida debacle...


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  • #1282
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Jesse Ventura v Michael Shermer re: 9/11 inside job...

    http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/

    Last 20-25 minutes of the show (April 11)

    Warning: it is infuriating. Ventura just talks over Shermer the whole time, and jumps from one point to the next while Shermer is addressing it. Absolute cúnt.


  • #1283
    sponsoredwalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭sponsoredwalk


    Dave! wrote: »
    Jesse Ventura v Michael Shermer re: 9/11 inside job...

    http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/

    Last 20-25 minutes of the show (April 11)

    Warning: it is infuriating. Ventura just talks over Shermer the whole time, and jumps from one point to the next while Shermer is addressing it. Absolute cúnt.

    I think "I" did a great job in that debate :D:p


  • #1284
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    High praise indeed :D


  • #1285
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    More animals.:)


  • #1286
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,473 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    The Guardian's Comment-is-Free tries to figure out the personality of your average atheist:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/apr/11/aetheists-research-scientists


  • #1287
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    Having watched them tear through Gandhi, Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama apart I found this link in the sidebar. If it was from a right wing source or someone I didn't know I'd laugh it off but these guys have a good record.

    Penn and Teller Bull****: Recycling :eek:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzLebC0mjCQ


    That's the first part of 3. I found it a very interesting watch cause as they say we (most Atheists anywho) already agree psychics, mediums, gods etc are a load of bollox but this is something we all believe in and it seems we might be wrong!


  • #1288
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    robindch wrote: »
    The Guardian's Comment-is-Free tries to figure out the personality of your average atheist:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/apr/11/aetheists-research-scientists
    with higher levels of education and income

    Will someone tell this to my employer :(


  • #1289
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    I know there's a few posters here interested in the Singularity/transhumanism/etc., I thought ye might be interested in the documentary 'Transcendent Man' about Ray Kurzweil. I only happened upon it by chance while browsing yesterday.


  • #1290
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    ShooterSF wrote: »
    Having watched them tear through Gandhi, Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama apart I found this link in the sidebar. If it was from a right wing source or someone I didn't know I'd laugh it off but these guys have a good record.

    Penn and Teller Bull****: Recycling :eek:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzLebC0mjCQ


    That's the first part of 3. I found it a very interesting watch cause as they say we (most Atheists anywho) already agree psychics, mediums, gods etc are a load of bollox but this is something we all believe in and it seems we might be wrong!

    Penn and Teller are EXTREMELY right-wing tbh, which helps me watch their shows. :pac:


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  • #1291
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    amacachi wrote: »
    Penn and Teller are EXTREMELY right-wing tbh, which helps me watch their shows. :pac:

    True I guess I meant socially right wing like religious conservatives etc.


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