You want nonconformity? 17 Jul 2007 You Are 94% Non Conformist You’re incredibly strange. And a weirdness like yours takes skill to cultivate! No one really understands you. And you’re cool with that. You just hope you never have to understand them! Are You a Nonconformist? Via Larry via Mike, both of whom I beat hollow on weirdness. Humor
General Science Scientific bloopers 4 May 2008 On a newsgroup that shall remain Nameless, one of the regulars, Bill Reich, just heard on the History Channel: Smilodon is the ancestor of all the modern big cats. Oy! So this thread is for egregiously* wrong statements made on erstwhile factual television shows. Please state where you heard it,… Read More
Evolution The World According to Genesis: Moral Knowledge 6 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 Like any middle eastern deity, YHWHW Elohim is a fairly petty individual. He doesn’t want competition from his creations, so he blocks access to the “Tree of Life”, which is a magical tree whose fruit can make you live forever. We have two magical trees, a corporeal deity of limited knowledge and good will, a snake that talks and has intentions like any trickster god to thwart the designs of the deity, and a justification for wearing clothes, which is not a matter just of shame, but of intended purpose. Read More
Humor Guards! Guards! trailer 8 Sep 2009 Will someone get Terry to employ this guy gal (but make sure there’s a proper foley and sound editor)? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhLyeVTmZGc&hl=en&fs=1&] Read More
93%. I’m somewhat risk-averse, so that probably knocked off a couple of points. But then, on reflection, I think my definition of “risk” may be a bit idiosyncratic.
96% for me too. Odd, since I never thought of myself as non-conformist. And I’m not sayin’ what I raise.
96% for me too. Odd, since I never thought of myself as non-conformist. And I’m not sayin’ what I raise.
A paltry 83%. :o( A well, I didn’t expect to do better than a practicing philosopher. It was that 9 to 5 question.
A paltry 83%. :o( A well, I didn’t expect to do better than a practicing philosopher. It was that 9 to 5 question.