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The Platypus     Thu, 8 May 2008 01:25:44 -0700 (PDT)
This article may be of interest: Platypus proves even odder than scientists thought Ian Sample, science correspondent The Guardian, Thursday May 8 2008 Article history A DNA study found the creatures to be a mix of mammal, bird and reptile with, even more strangely, 10 sex chromosomes. At first dismiss ...

Dutch association against quackery, and genetic testing     Wed, 7 May 2008 19:05:05 -0700 (PDT)
I'm much impressed that this organisation is working hard against instances of it. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/336/7649/853 Interestingly the current supply of genetic tests to people seems a prime candidate for exposure as quackery. I think that this article makes some interesting points: " BMJ 2008 ...

Re: Nice point     Wed, 7 May 2008 18:51:48 -0700 (PDT)
On May 7, 9:56?pm, Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > I haven't got anything new to say. ?We ran over many of these > arguments back in November 2002. ?The thread started out as 'Cuba > Crisis 1962' and was changed to 'Chance'. ?I raised the 'half life' > issue and Lance produced some 'heavy' ...

Re: Nice point     Wed, 7 May 2008 12:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
On 7 May, 02:19, Peter Brooks <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 6, 10:25?pm, Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:> On 5 May, 05:27, Peter Brooks <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > How can an event be independent of all other events though? > > > I tend to assume that every event ha ...

Re: Nice point     Tue, 6 May 2008 18:19:16 -0700 (PDT)
On May 6, 10:25?pm, Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 5 May, 05:27, Peter Brooks <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > How can an event be independent of all other events though? > > I tend to assume that every event has a cause, whether or not I know > what the cause is. ?However, I don' ...

Re: Nice point     Tue, 6 May 2008 13:25:15 -0700 (PDT)
On 5 May, 05:27, Peter Brooks <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com> wrote: > How can an event be independent of all other events though? I tend to assume that every event has a cause, whether or not I know what the cause is. However, I don't see how such an assumption could be proved. Dave ...

The long and the short of behavioral statistics: A link to depression?     Mon, 5 May 2008 05:44:19 -0700 (PDT)
You just move like a mouse, or do so abnormally like a mutant mouse The brain is no longer a mysterious black box. Elucidation of the human genome is having a profound impact on the understanding of brain function in health and disease. However, genes cannot be systematically manipulated in humans, and this i ...

Atomic meanings/words and the dictionary     Mon, 5 May 2008 05:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible - a form ...

Before eight, children don't integrate sensory information     Mon, 5 May 2008 05:21:51 -0700 (PDT)
Young children rely on one sense or another, not a combination, studies find Unlike adults, children younger than eight can't integrate different forms of sensory input to improve the accuracy with which they perceive the world around them, according to a pair of studies reported online in Current Biology on ...

Re: Nice point     Sun, 4 May 2008 21:27:34 -0700 (PDT)
On May 4, 10:31?pm, Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 4 May, 09:52, Peter Brooks <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On May 3, 10:24?pm, n...@webtv.net (The Averdein Building) wrote: > > > > >What makes an infinite regress 'insane'? What makes > > > > a regress 'infinite'? > > > ...


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