Phil Plait linked to this guy, Louis CK, on why it's alright for the world to go back into the dark ages, but I rather like this one, in which it becomes clear that philosophers are, after all, just persistent two year olds:
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It has been announced that Phil Plait is to be the new president of the James Randi Educati
UPDATE: Somebody found a hole in some ice.
This is a meteor streaking across the sky in the vicinity of the Urals:
I'm probably about the last person with an interest in such things to get around to watching Phil Plait's (in)famous "Don't Be a Dick" speech, but I finally got around to it, and it's really excellent:
I believe I knew before PZ Myers did that an Asteroid had been named after him. I heard it on the radio. and much later on he confirmed it on his blog. See this post.
@ 9:22
Straight from Plato's dialogue "The Parmenides" and Parmenides' fragments at 9:25.
Awesome.
It's 9:30 in the morning here in Germany and you have just made my day. Thank you for posting this John.
I saw Louis CK for the first time on Cable TV last year and was just smitten with his comic style (so happy to chance upon a 'new' comic that had me completely in stitches non-stop). I meant to watch all the youtube vids of his routines, but forgot. Thank you for jogging my memory with this hilarious vid.
If child raising experts had any kids of their own spanking would be required.
I TOTALLY stole the "ladies and gentlemen" joke during a staff meeting once when the question was what you would name yourself. It KILLED. And I took all the credit...