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Is a common food ingredient actually a deadly poison? No.

Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered that no common food ingredient is actually a deadly poison, even white flour, sugar, or those with chemical-sounding names. This comes as shocking news to many people, who had assumed most foods were, in fact, life-threatening substances. ...
2016-05-26   [Permalink] #satire   #food  

Fat websites

I'm not one to make fun of the overweight and obese (being a member of the group and all), but… while I try to avoid mere cosmetic judging, I think pointing out negative consequences of obesity is sometimes OK. So, that's what I'm here today to do: talk about problem obesity… Your website is just too fat. ...

Typical mind troubles

A long time ago, in some class I don't remember anything else about, and in an unknown grade level, I remember the teacher going over the topic of logical fallacies. From that day, I remember mostly the ones with funny names: the "bandwagon fallacy" (everyone believes it, so it must be true!), the "red herring fallacy" (bringing in unrelated), the "ad hominem fallacy" (it's wrong because you're stupid), and lastly "hasty generalization". There's a particular variety of "hasty generalization" which is very important to me. ...
2016-05-17   [Permalink] #skeptical-zen  

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"Oh, dear, we are all like that. Each of us knows it all, and knows he knows it all - the rest, to a man, are fools and deluded. One man knows there is a hell, the next one knows there isn't; one man knows high tariff is right, the next man knows it isn't; one man knows monarchy is best, the next one knows it isn't; one age knows there are witches, the next one knows there aren't; one sect knows its religion is the only true one, there are sixty-four thousand five hundred million sects that know it isn't so." -Mark Twain

"I'm tryin'" -Me

2016-05-03   [Permalink] #quote   #skeptical-zen  

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