Seconded! That's why I'm all about striving towards an energy-production-derived basic income for all citizens (ideally all humans)

Anything else seems like a 1-way-ticket to Turmoil Town.

Hah, thanks for the info...I didn't even RTFA ;-) Wake Forest is doing some incredible artificial organ research though.

Say what you will about NC politics (and, shit, there is a lot to be said), we pump out some top-notch research! Wake Forest, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State seem to continually be in the science section headlines for some new something or other.

It's also a shame that the NCAA bullshit is putting a cloud over all the hard working researchers at UNC.

Time out! Are you saying I'm in the 'Papa knows best' crowd proudly displaying my new knowledge of the D-K and using it as such to shut down discussion? I feel like there's some irony somewhere in there...perhaps the D-K effect doesn't mean what you think it means? I do like the idea of a self-proclaimed D-K expert though, deliciously recursive. If anything I'd say it is a gauntlet-throw to put up some actual citations or evidence or get off the lawn.

If Koan had a modicum of expertise I'm sure he would have cited it prominently. Then again, he also probably wouldn't have said anything knowing that every cubic cm and milliwatt was accounted for.

I realize that it is frustrating seeing such a badass feat of astrophysics be humbled by a shadow...but...

If wishes and buts were clusters of nuts, we'd all have a bowl of granola!
(Jellineck, Geoffrey et al 2000)

My penetrator always hammers the MUPUS. Wait, what?

"It seems to me the design and/or planning of this mission were poorly thought out"

Is the funniest fucking thing I've heard all day. Do you have any idea how well thought out this mission was? FFS look at the trajectory it took 10 YEARS(!) to get to the comet. And you think they overlooked the fact that the comet is craggly?

Jesus-Dunning-Kruger-Christ.

http://www.esa.int/esatv/Video...

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that. Then again, I just saw Captain America for the first time like 3 days ago.

That, or all the estrogen mimicking compounds in our plastics! YAY BPA (and friends)

Yet plenty of concessions for the AHA were made for Republicans who shunned it *anyway*. The fact that it's essentially RomneyCare with no public option speaks volumes.

The drug addiction and the need to pee come from the same area in the brain. The drug co-opted that neural substructure to warp the person's motivations. There is a shit-ton of neuroscience evidence to back up both of my claims. You can counter with analogies, but the neurological evidence of brain-based consciousness is solid.

Why not? Both examples pretty clearly demonstrate the physical nature of our consciousness. Brain trauma can dramatically alter a person's personality. Addiction is a chemical process that has a clear effect on 'free will'. Did I miss something?

Spot on. Learning just a smidge about brain trauma and/or addiction throws dualism out of the window.

Oh Noes! We've reached peak sand! Our grandchildren will live in a sandless world marked by misery and sharp rocks.

You don't need a test to tell if they come to work stoned or not, it's pretty fucking obvious. And if you can't tell, then why is it a problem?

The condom stopped most, but not all of the sperm.