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You see, this is why you begin to mistrust journalists. The passive sensationalism is, ironically blatant. I am referring to an article in the Indian Express . Before I begin I’ll reproduce the article here….
China considered India ‘bottomless pit’ for foreign aid Agencies Tags : Jawaharlal Nehru, Richard Nixon, . . . → Read More: Passive Sensationalism I write this as a addendum to a series of questions on the power of science and an explanation posted by Sean Caroll at the Cosmic Variance blog. The detailed post on the misunderstandings , elaborates on why scientists can be so sure of their conclusions (when they can form them) and . . . → Read More: A New Perceptive Model for Science I watched a recent TED talk and loved this poem by Felix Dennis – poet, resurrected from drug addiction, and a titan in the publishing industry , who in his own words ‘has too much money to care about it now’. He has a unique style of reciting his poetry, and as for this . . . → Read More: The Better Man I’ve been around the forums a bit, and have gotten used to the fact that you have to have pretty thick skin if you are going to state your opinion on the internet. As any veteran on internet discussion forums will tell you, “Argumentum Ad Hominem” is a common method that people fall back . . . → Read More: Net-Hate UPDATE 4th July 2009 : Due to lack of time and the fact that similar and much better scripts have been written, I recommend everyone install the Gadget-supported Gmail (ad-less and wide) script. I myself use this script now, and it is done much better. The author also commits to updating the script periodically. . . . → Read More: A Better Gmail (in Firefox only) Cosmic Variance , a blog on Discover Magazine, had a post about Mr.John McCain’s snide and sarcastic remark on his Twitroll "nothing says new jobs for average Americans like investing in astronomy" – he quips. Cosmic Variance puts it down as an appeal to a feeling many average citizens have "Scientists are not . . . → Read More: Pimp Your Science ! PBS made an hour-long documentary for you to watch for free “Frontline : Inside the Meltdown” London: Reinforcing India’s assertion that the Mumbai attacks had Pakistani links, a leading daily here said on Sunday that the lone surviving terrorist belongs to a village in Okara district of Pakistan’s Punjab, an “active” recruiting ground for Lashkar-e-Taiba.Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman, alias Qasab, interrogated in custody after the terror attacks that killed . . . → Read More: Observer finds proof Qasab is Pakistani Mumbai shootings: Reaction in quotes There has been widespread international condemnation of the series of shootings across the Indian city of Mumbai in which more than 100 people have been killed and many more injured. PAKISTANI PRESIDENT ASIF ALI ZARDARI The attacks in Mumbai have claimed many innocent victims and remind . . . → Read More: The World Watches. |
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