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Comment Re:So What? (Score 2) 669

Saint Theophilus, bishop of Anthioch between the years 169 and 183, wrote that the book of Genesis includes several images and symbols that were difficult to understand by people outside christianity, and he strongly disadvised the text to be read in public or to new joiners so that they would not be confused.

Comment My personal data was leaked by Coursera (Score 3, Interesting) 31

Back on Jul 17 an email arrived to my gmail inbox. Subject: "Earn an LL.M. in the United States in Less Than A Year". Sent by UF Levin College of Law, they spammed me and lots of courserans about a program "designed exclusively for graduates of law schools outside of the United States and from the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico who want to enhance their understanding of the laws and legal language and culture of the United States of America."
The distribution list did not ask for permission or confirmation. The design errors didn't stay there: anyone could reply to the list and have the messages forwarded. In less then two hours, 47 angry students from around the world complained and asked each other to send an email to Coursera. Which I did. I only got an automated reply, and never heard back from them.

from: Jesse *, Jr.
reply-to: "Jesse *, Jr."
to:COURSERALAW-L@lists.ufl.edu
date: 17 July 2014 15:20

Comment Re:FUD (Score 5, Informative) 139

According to this guy, Mathematics is not a science because you don't conduct experiments. The key error is this:

Science creates knowledge via controlled experiments

Which is false. Science checks hypotheses and tries to prove them, or makes repeated experiments that show the failure to disprove them.

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