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... it into a delicious ragout We had never heard the old superstition that bear's liver is poisonous but in our case the superstition certainly proved true. I helped the doctor take care of the men ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 1 2011 - 4:02pm - 0 attachments

The three problems of humanity were outlined in a talk by Nick Bostrom (of Oxford University, UK) at TED in April 2009 . In this piece I will continue to examine the "big" problems identified in the TEDTalk.  It is this third point that begins ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Dec 13 2010 - 5:55pm - 0 attachments

One of my favorite songs of all time is "In the Garden." I know Willie's not got the prettiest of voices, but I love his version best of all. He lives hard and the gravel in his voice lends a depth to the content of the song that others don't quite have. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jun 19 2011 - 6:42pm - 0 attachments

... with the sick, but today we tend regard most of them as superstition. “Our own reaction to disease and healing, such as for ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2011 - 3:29pm - 0 attachments

I often joke, in reference to a black person, woman or gay complaining about some reference or joke in society or in the media about them, that I am all five groups every one of them jokes about, stereotypes and ridicules without any liberal guilt at ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 6 2011 - 1:51pm - 0 attachments

I like Penn&Teller, the magicians and debunkers of pseudoscience and general inanity. I regularly use clips from their show in my critical reasoning class, despite cringing every time Penn indulges in his “fuck this” and “motherfucker that” exercise ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Sep 26 2009 - 1:16am - 0 attachments

... is not science - not even social science - it is plain old superstition. On U.S. morning television show "Good Morning America", they ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 12 2011 - 3:18pm - 0 attachments

... with a return to their ancient mythology, a call towards superstition, and a rejection of modernism, and the concomitant degeneration. ... I guess is conservative.  We also see a slide towards superstition by members of both parties, with many on the far left proclaiming ...

Article - Ed Chen - Jan 6 2011 - 8:25am - 0 attachments

Where does evolution leave God? This question has been debated for over a century, and it likely isn't going anywhere any time soon. Some may feel, myself included, that the glut of fighting among the camps should just be put to rest, like the new song on ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Sep 16 2009 - 9:00am - 0 attachments

HIV/AIDS has been one of the most devastating diseases of the twenty first century. Since the discovery of the HIV virus, our research has demystified the life cycle and actions of the virus, but we have yet to develop a vaccine or adequate long term trea ...

Article - Erin Richards - Sep 29 2009 - 5:19pm - 0 attachments