Re: Ridiculing religion
Mon, 11 May 2009 10:07:39 -0700 (PDT)
On May 11, 10:23?am, Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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Well, yes, but wouldn't it feel all familiar and comforting to them? ...
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Apophenia
Mon, 11 May 2009 06:43:29 -0700 (PDT)
see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
http://www.skepdic.com/apophenia.html
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Apophenia ...
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Re: Ridiculing religion
Mon, 11 May 2009 01:23:43 -0700 (PDT)
On 10 May, 12:38, Ian Smith <news0807REMOVEC...@orrery.e4ward.com>
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> > Yes. Still I do wonder about the 'kid gloves' treatment we are supposed to
> > give to religion, as opposed to other issues. I mean, we can say what we
> > like about astrology and crop circles without people throwing a w ...
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Re: Ridiculing religion
Mon, 11 May 2009 01:08:25 -0700 (PDT)
On 11 May, 02:53, "Philip" <pp...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
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Let's have a bloody good laugh!
Sun, 10 May 2009 22:35:26 +0100
Three doctors were at an international conference
rehabilitation after major surgery.
A German, A Frenchman and an English woman.
The German said I recently got a heart from Spain and
transplanted it into an Italian patient. Six weeks later
he was out and looking for work.
The Frenchman said I got a heart and a ...
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Re: Ridiculing religion
Sun, 10 May 2009 01:38:35 -0700 (PDT)
On 9 May, 20:39, "pg" <p...@alpesprovence.net> wrote:
> "Dave Smith" <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 7 May, 09:23, Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> >> The argument that ridiculing religion is a ...
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Re: Artificial life 'could be created within five years'
Tue, 19 May 2009 21:36:07 -0700 (PDT)
On May 19, 10:02?pm, Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> There's no guarantee that scientists would restrict themselves to
> creating people with 'desirable' traits. ?Their motives might be
> rather different from those of ?prospective parents.
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Indeed not.. Science fiction has already exp ...
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Circumcision
Tue, 19 May 2009 13:38:57 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/should-all-boys-be-circumcised-1687185.html
Should all boys be circumcised?
New evidence suggests removal of the foreskin can protect not just
against HIV, but other diseases that kill millions. Now some doctors
are reconsidering their views ...
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Re: Artificial life 'could be created within five years'
Tue, 19 May 2009 13:02:32 -0700 (PDT)
On 19 May, 10:43, Mark.Wri...@bristol.ac.uk wrote:
> Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> : I've been assuming that the creation of the experimental person would
> : entail specification of their intelligence, health, personality, etc.
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> This is already the case with artificial insemination. Pe ...
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Interesting book on Chinese manufacturing
Tue, 19 May 2009 11:32:56 -0700 (PDT)
Poorly made
May 14th 2009
From The Economist print edition
Why so many Chinese products are born to be bad
THE recent scandals about poisoned baby milk, contaminated pet food
and dangerous toys from China have raised questions about
manufacturing standards in the country that has become factory to the
world ...
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