Science thread

[o.pwuaioc]

Since the paleo thread died, here's a recent article on the paleo diet from Scientific American.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/gue ... getarians/

[Pulsar_t]

Will singularity be attained, or will humanity revert to medieval feudalism? There's no way to tell.

[johnny turbo]

Scientists lying and getting me pissed.

[flojocabron]

we've all been speaking the same language for about 15,000 years!

this article says that there are base words for many languages that have changed very little over the generations.

Words that we still use today were spoken a looong time ago!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ ... ory_1.html

have a read!

[o.pwuaioc]

Nooooo! That article is full of shit. It was done by non-experts, published in a journal not known for it's quality when it comes to linguistics (and other fields as well), and is entirely wrong.

For many reasons why it's wrong, see here: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4612

[flojocabron]

I find your hypothesis full of holes and I deem you unworthy of the scolarly arts! have at you!



damn.

I didn't mean to cause a nerd fight!


here, have a general nature/science/trivia blog!

http://allhomosapienswelcome.wordpress.com/

[elmagicochrisg]

Will singularity be attained, or will humanity revert to medieval feudalism? There's no way to tell.

We will stop using money and work almost all the time just because it's fulfilling...

Now put that phazer on stun before you hurt someone...

[Pulsar_t]

Will singularity be attained, or will humanity revert to medieval feudalism? There's no way to tell.

We will stop using money and work almost all the time just because it's fulfilling...

Now put that phazer on stun before you hurt someone...

[J T]

[indecks]

Science was put here by the devil to confuse us and draw us away from God.