Posted: 9/11/2011 4:32:03 PM EDT
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Has anyone ever perused their website. It seems pretty interesting if not humorous.
An example of one of their topics: What Subjects Should Be Taught In School I wonder what reaction someone would get if they said "firearms safety should be taught in schools". |
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Quoted: I'm addicted to TED presentations. Me too. I don't remember when I first watched one, but I remember sending them out to colleagues when nobody I knew recognized what "TED" was. I've watched quite a few that are well outside my normal areas of interest and expertise, and they've been extremely fascinating. |
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It's a site well worth spending time on.
There is some OUTSTANDING stuff on that website. People who talk about poverty in Africa, etc. Instead of relying on crappy statistics and other garbage, they actually dig into the issue and come up solutions that actually work. However, just like the internet in general, there is some outstanding stuff and utter and total crap. As a scientist, there is nothing worse than people who get on stage and say that miniature robots who will clean out your arteries are just years away. Reminds me of those Popular Science cartoons that said we'd all be visiting the moon by 1980. RF |