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Submission + - Correlation and causation, and overview (sciencebasedmedicine.org)

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on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @03:11PM

geekoid writes: "So many people who post on Slashdot fall in to the causation is not correlation logical fallacy. I thought an article that discuss this logical fallacy, both it's use and abuse."

Submission + - Scientist can read your mind to see what you have (cnn.com)

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on Friday September 25, 2009 @06:38PM

geekoid writes: "Researchers translated recorded neural activity into pictures. While this test was limited to specific images, it helps pave the path to understanding and being able to see exactly what someone else has seen. While a way off, would this be a better way to get witness accounts of events?"

Submission + - Childsplay is up!

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on Friday November 02, 2007 @07:10PM

geekoid writes: " ChildsPlay has started."

Submission + - Person visited by the police of web comic

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on Friday May 04, 2007 @12:02PM

geekoid writes: "Boing Boing has posted a story anout a person who was fired about talking about a gun, and then visited by the police for making a web comic about it: Boing Boing Link The police called it a borderline "terroristic" threat. The comic in question is here : Comic"

Submission + - The speculation has ended!

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on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @06:56PM

geekoid writes: "Apple has announced there iPhone: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ I guess it's time to say I told you so... I told you so. It has a beautiful interface, but without buttuns I'm not sure how I will be able to dial without looking. Finally, the single device with all the functionality I want at a reasonable size. The price is a little steep, but that's what they said about the iPod."

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