From the fine article:

Although I'd agree with you, I think it's necessary to point out that these aren't the normative beliefs of Christianity. As those assertions go, they're over-represented among Christians in the U.S., so it skews our sample set; but that doesn't mean that it's the definitive rebuttal of Christian belief.

Just sayin'...

I think more, and when I think more, I disbelieve more?

So, this research can be characterized as, "when I'm faced with the fact of my own poor eyesight, or I'm forced to look at art, I hate God". Yeah, that's good science...

It's simply meant to be an implementation of a heuristic, based on the traveling salesman problem, that takes into account physical considerations (speed, acceleration, direction) and processing limitations (RAM, processor cycles) for both initial setup and decision-making at each step.

The speed/direction stuff reminds me of the kind of skating that hockey players do (is it more effective to go in one direction, stop, and turn around, or is it better to modify your line and preserve momentum? in this game, too, is it better to accelerate greatly and bounce off a wall behind your target, or approach more slowly in order to modify your line without an abrupt change in direction?).

The processing limitations are interesting too, and provide for an interesting optimization exercise.

Or, by "I don't understand", should I simply answer "it's fun"...? ;)

No, he said that "religious zealots have no idea where stem cells come from". In the current context, this "putty" therapy, I demonstrated that they came from a variety of sources -- none of them originating from fetal stem cells. "Many more advantages", eh?

Except that these are multipotent, not pluripotent stem cells, and therefore, we're not talking about fetal stem cells.

The sources for MSCs include "umbilical cord blood, adipose tissue, adult muscle or the dental pulp of deciduous baby teeth"... but not fetal stem cells.

Nice try, though...

Umm... that's exactly the idea! The subject, in some ways, shouldn't matter -- after all, it's higher education, not technical school! If you spend the time working on a degree, regardless in which department, you've ostensibly grown in knowledge, in a "Renaissance 'man'" kind of way! It's precisely in its mission as "not a technical school factory" that the university exists!

ABC and Fox News are now reporting that, although it may have started breaking up over Calgary, it seems that it went down in the ocean west of Australia. Guess we're gonna have to wait and see...

they want to know when you'll be sending your royalty checks to them. Please make the check out to "All Your Thought Belong to Us"...

"NPR is looking for examples of tools that have gone entirely out of use... any ideas, Slashdot?"

Oh, trust me ... Slashdotters are famous for having tools that never get any use...