Mistaken Premises are a lot like broken promises. They let you down in a profound way.
Today’s scrutiny falls on a fellow by the handle of Dinotheorist (http://www.dinotheorist.com). He’s a proponent of two ideas that bother me… in a profound way. The first is his assertion that dinosaurs were too heavy to walk and run in [...]
Pat Robertson fancies himself a prophet. The only problem is that, unlike your average hindsight prophet who gets to write things down after the fact so that they’re 100% accurate, Pat has to make his up beforehand.
And he fails so spectacularly at it that you almost feel sorry for him. But then you start to [...]
It’s a rare thing for me to stand up and applaud gossip sites and magazines. But I do so today. I do so with a feeling of pride. Pride in a part of popular culture which has, let’s be honest, primarily been involved with dumbing us down, not standing us up.
Well, the ‘Tom Cruise [...]
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The world is full of misunderstandings. The rhino’s horn is misunderstood; it’s not a bone nor is it made of hair*. Chewing gum does not stay in your body for years**. And there are a number of myths about dinosaurs and ancient reptiles, as well, that need some airing out.
Fallacy: Pterosaurs couldn’t possibly have [...]
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You’ve heard that you should drink 8 glasses of water a day, right? Well… from whom did you hear that? Most likely you heard it from someone who heard it from someone. Apparently the original someone was a 1945 pronouncement by some nutrition board, except… that what it said was that [...]
I like Will Smith. I like Jason Lee. And I like Giovanni Rabisi and Beck, too. Too bad they’re all members of what is, apart from an ongoing game of semantics, one of the largest cults in America: Scientology.
And in case you’re wondering, no. I don’t like Tom Cruise. He’s a bit of… how do you [...]
If you came here because you found a link on a search engine while looking for information about the PAPIMI/PAPI-MI machine or the EPFX or are intrigued by the notion of strapping some metal to your head and throwing the switch on some high voltage , I have just what you’re looking for!
Here’s all you need [...]