Comment Consistent Correlation of intelligence to IQ (Score 2) 530
The only consistent correlation of intelligence to IQ has always been that only idiots believe that intelligence can be measured by a single number.
The only consistent correlation of intelligence to IQ has always been that only idiots believe that intelligence can be measured by a single number.
'Hey! That makes a great headline: "Jedi is the biggest!"'
'Yeah, but its not the biggest."
'Well, its the biggest _alternative_'
'Alternative to what?'
'Things bigger than "Jedi"!'
Gogo circular definition power!
This is one of those mind-bogglingly vaguely self-evident articles that you still can't help but try to correct (well, at least I can't.)
For what definition of habitable? For a given hypothetical type of plasma-based or magnetic life, I imagine the sun is a pretty happening place to hang out.
And yet, no matter what definition you use for habitable, what does "more" habitable mean? Surely it either is, or isn't. What are we measuring here?
And yet, no matter what definition you use or how you measure it, the central thesis of the article is so meaningless as to almost certainly be true. After all, unless you just cheat by defining habitability on a scale of 0 - 1.0 where 1.0 is defined as "just like the Earth, right now, because I said so", what are the odds that we live on the one planet in the universe with the highest score in your arbitrary meaningless homo-sapiens-centric measurement system? Statistically indistinuishable from zero.
Why do people write this crap and call it science?
Quick! to the time machine! We need to sue Gutenberg!
Just tell them its analog World of Warcraft. Everyone knows what WoW is.
If there is a scale that measures prolific hackery, with Peirs Anthony on the bottom and Stephen King on the top
Sorry; which end of that scale is meant to be the "good" end again?
I personally think she's as good as Lois McMaster Bujold
You had me intrigued until you compared her to Bujold. I've never understood the rabid following the Vorkosigan books get. The only ones I got through were repackaged Lensman novels, and sci fi has actually progressed a bit since the 1930s. Not terrible mind, but near the top of my overrated list.
Love the Zelazny, and he's done plenty of sci-fi to go with the fantasy (Creatures of Light and Darkness, Lord of Light) but I don't think someone who won 6 Hugo Awards, 3 Nebula Awards, 2 Locus Awards, 1 Prix Tour-Apollo Award, 2 Seiun Awards, and 2 Balrog Awards, and has been inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame gets to go "boo hoo I am so un-appreciated" (which, to the best of my knowledge, Zelazny never ever did. Quite the opposite really.) I suppose you could argue that he was still _under_ appreciated, despite selling more books and winning more awards than just about anyone else in his era, but you'd pretty much be arguing that they needed to invent some more awards to give him in order to appreciate him properly. (You could make a case for that, actually, but while he's one of my all-time favorites, I don't think he was _that_ much better than everyone else.)
Yeah, I wondered about that. There are a number of older authors who were quite justifiably lauded in their day, but who don't get much press now, but I don't know if that counts as under-appreciated. (Ursula maybe, but shes still pretty much known by modern sci fi fans. I was thinking Cordwainer Smith. But if you mean totally unappreciated, I don't think you can include anyone who won a Hugo or a Nebula...)
Since I was ousted as a scout leader I have been flooded with support from local parents, scouts and hundreds of thousands of Americans. Chuck Norris is clearly out of touch and I’d like for him to sit down with my family and fellow scouting families who support us. My orientation wasn’t an issue in my son’s pack until the Boy Scouts made parents tell their children why their favorite den leader was no longer able to participate. With the U.S. military, the Girls Scouts of the USA, the 4-H Club and the Boys & Girls Club among organizations that allow gay Americans the time is now to end the ban.
No word yet on whether there has been a response from the Chuck.
I saw the video of pinkness the other day, and I thought that it completely failed to sensibly attract girls to science, and made a mockery of science itself.
Then I saw Prometheus that night. In retrospect, the science in that promo clip wasn't _that_ bad...
I'm all for honest and frank child education, but have a good long think about how much discussion you want to have with your son about sex before you just wade into most of McCaffrey's Pern. The Harper Hall series, on the other hand, is probably perfect.
Upvote for Alan Dean Foster and Terry Pratchett. I'd even go Piers Anthony's Xanth stuff - I hate it myself with the fire of a thousand suns, but from what I remember its certainly aimed at about the eight-year-old level. Remember, you're not necessarily looking for books that _you_ will like, but rather for ones that will engage _him_.
Also, since we all seem to be recommending books from last century; Planesrunner by Ian McDonald was interesting, well-written, and from this decade. Also, its got zeppelins in.
You're right; how weird. In fact, searching for that D&D quote from the original post, all I can find is news aggregators and repostits quoting
What tiny proportion of teens and young adults has ever even heard of it, much less played it?
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn
