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urlesque: Squirrels in Coconut Space Helmets IRL (Squirrels are...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:06:46 -0700

Squirrels in Coconut Space Helmets IRL

(Squirrels are seriously the best. We have proof.)

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:03:31 -0700

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As a scientist, this makes me want to cut someone. I won’t craft a long and feisty rebuttal, because that’s not my way. But, seriously?

All I will say is science takes you to the stars, inside a living cell, and allows you to visualize the symmetry and poetry of molecules. Science and art are not mutually exclusive. Hell, I’m writing a novel while getting my Biochemistry PhD.

Also, deodorant. Brought to you by science. You’re welcome.

I would remind you that Stephen Fry’s father was a physicist and he himself is far from a Luddite. I suspect he’s exaggerating to make the point that the artificial barriers that have arisen between science and art are unfortunate and we should all strive to break them down.

Agreed. But I take umbrage at the suggestion that science is somehow inferior to art because it is analytical in nature. It’s a gut reaction to take offense at this statement when you live, eat and breathe science for 10 years, thinking your work will somehow make this world a better place, and then someone comes along and says, “Cancer cure? Pfft. All you need is love man. Scientists are soulless.”

Ignoring for a moment that “his father was a physicist” is, in this context, the equivalent of “but some of my best friends are black,” there are still many issues here.

To say that the five things he lists are the only things that matter, leaves us with two choices: consider them as umbrellas with many other things falling under each of them, in which case everything matters, or consider that most of life is completely unimportant and would best be ignored. If it is the first, then there are no problems that can be called “least significant”, and if it is the second, then hate to think about how much of our lives we are all wasting.

Saying that science goes out of its way to ignore these things is either foolishly or willfully ignorant. People spend entire careers trying to understand these things, but these are concepts and do not lend themselves to easy study. Science deals with absolutes, measurables and repeatability. An object with a mass of 1 gram remains 1 gram when I weigh it, when you weigh it or when anyone else weighs it. I cannot put love on a balance and tell you how much of it there is. If you tell me that the amount of happiness you experience from an event is not the same as what I experience, who am I to tell you that you are wrong? There is no standard that I can use to determine it.

Whatever the intent of the quote actually is, it comes off as an attempt (albeit a fallacious one) to denigrate the contributions of an entire group of people.

(Sorry Cloudy, for some of us, long and feisty diatribes are our way. ;) )

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Eat Me / Drink Me

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lethologica

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:25:43 -0700

wordjournal:

noun • inability to remember the correct word

from Lethe, a river of Hades that caused forgetfulness + logikos, the Greek word for word.

thisiswhyyourefat: Cadbury Creme Eggs Benedict Sliced doughnuts...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:23:33 -0700

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Cadbury Creme Eggs Benedict

Sliced doughnuts topped with brownie mix, melted Cadbury Creme Eggs and frosting, garnished with red sprinkles and served with fried pound cake chunks.

(submitted by Edgemere)

ophyron

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:43:23 -0700

Sometimes the ophyron is non-existant.

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noun • /ˈɒfrɪən/ • the space between the eyebrows

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:37:16 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7):

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Equivoque: Breaking it in.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:30:16 -0700

Equivoque: Breaking it in. :

I am exactly the same way.

kef

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:03:42 -0700

wordjournal:

noun • /kɛf/ • A state of drowsiness or dreamy intoxication; the enjoyment of idleness

“To him the greatest enjoyment is his ‘kef,’ or perfect idleness, and he will do nothing to-day which can possibly be put off till to-morrow.”

—George Keith, Plea for a Simpler Faith

Superpoop: prairie dog girls

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:08:07 -0700

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:23:08 -0700

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daedal

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:08:15 -0700

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adjective • /dēdˈl/ • artistic; ingenious and complex in design or function.

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:43:43 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28):

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