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Taemon · Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 2065 Location: Europe

It's the birthday of Curiosity. Now I feel sad.
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Michael · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 11066

Echo · Joined: 18 Jul 2013 Posts: 1845

Awwwww. That's so sweet and cute and sad.

stripeypants · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:28 pm Post subject:

Here is a comic explaining the difference between latino and hispanic.

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/19/9173457/hispanic-latino-comic
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aisatsana · Joined: 23 Jul 2016 Posts: 5 Location: USA

Instrumental of an edgy song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH7zsRXS9vM

ShadowCell · Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 7395 Location: California

the Brookings Institute and others put together this neat game, you pick tax and spending policies, try to pursue both your top goals (e.g. fighting climate change, reducing inequality, etc) while reducing the debt over the long term

i'm relatively pleased with mine, although it involves enough tax increases that i imagine i'd need dictatorial power to implement it

WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 14325 Location: Unknown Kaddath

The White Flight of Derek Black

Taemon · Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 2065 Location: Europe

So some people don't have the ability to visualize images in their head.
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enchantedsleeper · Joined: 15 Jun 2013 Posts: 1012 Location: United Kingdom

Taemon · Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 2065 Location: Europe

I know quite a lot about brains (I have a degree in cognitive science (from looooong ago)) but I never see this stuff coming. It always makes me wonder what I can/can't do what almost everyone else can't/can.

Some people have four types of cones, unlike us lesser mortals, who only have three. They see a whole class of colours we can't even conceive of. Jealous. (This is called tetrachromacy.)
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WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 14325 Location: Unknown Kaddath

Creationists who reject evolution as the source of diversity in modern biology have to get pretty schizophrenic when they try to show how their idea works in the real world.

Here's a blog post looking at the problem of dinosaurs with feathers and how Creationists (don't) deal with them.

stripeypants · Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:45 pm Post subject:

Jen from this series of videos reminds me of 'Nique.

https://youtu.be/tMl6XMoQaQM
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WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 14325 Location: Unknown Kaddath

Why our boners are boneless.

mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 21167 Location: under the bed