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Unreasonable Faith posted a great piece a few days ago, detailing the general homophobic message and lies of James Dobson. It’s a great post.  And it illustrates one of the most dangerous things about this guy: his penchant for telling untruths as facts. Thing is, Dobson isn’t an eccentric televangelist Pat Robertson type. He’s actually [...]

Today marks a fully successful test of SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket. I’ve previously mentioned the Falcon 9 as a viable alternative to NASA’s over budget and behind schedule next generation space technology, but to see this elegant, simple rocket take to the skies at a fraction of the price, well, it makes me almost optimistic for [...]

It is a sad fact that the one thing I have really learned in university is that nobody listens to scientists or engineers. We are, after all, the people who have the necessary expertise to identify and understand problems that pop up in the real world (you find a grounding in empiricism comes in handy). [...]

The following series of blog posts is from my recent trip to the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, chronicling my associated adventures while touring the cave paintings at San Francisco de la Sierra. Today was an absolutely unreal day. Last night after we left the small town, we continued to travel through the desert at night for some time, which [...]

Now these are 10 commandments I can live with…

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A short while ago I was watching The West Wing while getting ready for work.  I like The West Wing – it is one of the few shows I have all the DVDs to.  One of this morning’s episodes (Bravo shows two episodes most weekday mornings) was one of my favorites.  I did not realize [...]

From The Freakonomics Blog: The Pirate Bay, formerly a site for pirated movies, music and software, is trying to recover from its recent legal woes by launching a dating site. It will rely on a system of “social trust,” allowing members to vouch for each other: “The information added by members is immediately visible to those who [...]