Things you're really, really NOT into. (not music)

Henry Plainview wrote: It's usually misleading and best and outright false at worst. The media's inability/unwillingness to coherently report on science issues causes a lot of problems in society. Besides the "X is good for you! Y is bad for you! Gorge yourself on X and avoid Y at all costs! Wait, it's been 6 months and there's been a new small study on mice, it's actually the other way around!", the real damage comes from giving any legitimacy to the idiotic anti-vaxxers, AGW deniers, and any other pseudoscience that has caught public attention, in attempt to appear "fair".

Sometimes reading those articles you can almost envision the "journalist" interviewing the scientist, taking notes, and struggling mightily to figure out what the hell the other person is talking about.  Obviously my favorite are articles about new DoD radar systems, the explanations of their capabilities are laughably bad, but at least there I wouldn't necessarily expect a layman to know the relevant physics.  What irks me is just basic misunderstanding about the scientific method, or engaging in post hoc fallacies, or as already stated gross misuse of statistics.

Politics, cars, business, Jersey Shore, webspeak, drinking, partying, fancy food, dancing, fantasy literary/movie/game genres, dressing up, cleaning, probably a lot more too.

Easy Money wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: GovernmentMisuse of Statistics90% of Popular Science Writing Popular science writing?!? That one was different, just curious about that one.

Edited by Henry Plainview - January 08 2011 at 00:53

Oh dear my!

Organized Religion, how did I forget that one?

Any Colour You Like wrote: I'm really not into people.

Not sure if kidding or not, but yeah....can truly say I really am not a fan

stonebeard wrote: -People who pretend to align with libertarianism and try to tell me why drug use should be illegal. -Social conservatives. -Legislating morality. -Climate change denial -Almost all advertising -Nationalism -Commercialism -Consumerism (hypocrite, though. This is a tough one to shake) -The Man

Gawd, damn hippie.

Though can't disagree with:
Almost all advertising, nationalism, commercialism and consumerism.


Add on it: Greedy people, the whole "game" of getting with women, partying, drinking every night and going to blackout state, drinking when depressed, habitual liars, cars, people who want liberties for themselves but will dismiss when applied to anyone else.

Honestly: overall society.
Not much I can do about that one, but yeah....





Edited by JJLehto - January 07 2011 at 23:56

Egg Salad Sandwiches
Mushrooms
Corporations-willing to rape the planet were on, and  the living things on it, all in the name of profit
People that talk too much and dominate others

  ^ ^ I don't get wet socks often but then the shoes are wet as well unless you have something weird going on you'd like to share.  Cauliflower all depends on what you do to it.  I suspect you'd prefer to toss it out.

They have been installing all the freeway onramp traffic lights that do nothing but back up the traffic on the side streets.  Knowing this state, someone with connections is making a lot of money at it.


And on a related note, the speed bumps in this apartment complex although there is one freebie that apparently disintedgrated, although they do serve to slow down the maniac drivers.  So I'd have to say that I am only single really not into them.


Edited by Slartibartfast - January 07 2011 at 23:20

Cars

Cars that drive by with those stereos that go BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM.
Yeah we might get the last laugh when you go deaf.  And maybe with some luck you'll blow your speakers along with your ear drums when you crank it up even louder.

Just about a minute after I posted this, guess what???


Edited by Slartibartfast - January 07 2011 at 23:20