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Comment on New project: homeopathic bullshit by Tim Danaher

Tim Danaher — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:58:20 +0000

‘Gland’ is French for ‘Acorn’. Quercus Gland = Oak Acorn (a bit redundant, I know…)

Comment on Finally, people who understand. by The Skepdick

The Skepdick — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:27:38 +0000

I’ll bite. I suspect you are a spammer, though.

Did I say anywhere that this was an Alpha course? Has anyone ever confused an Alpha course with a management course? And, it was certainly Myers-Briggs.

Popping by my blog and telling me to my face I am a sucker is a good way to get put into the spam bucket.

Comment on Finally, people who understand. by Clive

Clive — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:04:28 +0000

Myers-Briggs? Forer-Barnum more like. Was it an Alpha course?

Comment on New project: homeopathic bullshit by The Skepdick

The Skepdick — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:26:16 +0000

Thanks, I’d been wondering what part of the tree is the “gland”.

But, I am wondering how a homeopathic dry pill is supposed to work without the memory water.

Comment on New project: homeopathic bullshit by dinoboy

dinoboy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:09:44 +0000

To assist in your search:

I might also wonder the utility of saying “Quercus gland” (Quercus being the Latin for Oak). Botanically, glands are cells that secrete various fluids; often sugars or water (there are other types).

The term “Quercus gland” could refer to any one of several glands of the oak therefore is to unspecific to be useful in itself.

Assuming the “sp” refers to the common abbreviation for “species” makes specific identification even more difficult considering there are some 400 species in the genus.

Comment on New project: homeopathic bullshit by The Skepdick

The Skepdick — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:01:31 +0000

The first ingredient, Chinchona Officinalis, contains an alkaloid commonly called quinine. Used usually to treat malaria. Also used to flavor tonic water.

What does this have to do with hangovers?

Comment on Declawing Cats by The Skepdick

The Skepdick — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:01:07 +0000

The thread I was in is here: http://forum.richarddawkins.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=103814

In one of the last posts, one of the members sees no difference between killings animals to eat them and “mutilating” a cat. I put quotes around the word “mutilate” to highlight it as an example of the emotionally charged words the anti-declaw people tend to use.

I’ve seen mutilated animals. Farm machinery usually wreaks havoc on cats. A declawed cat isn’t mutilated.

Back to the person who thinks it’s quite all right to fire a bolt through a cow’s head, but at the same time thinks declawing is an ethical problem, I believe they haven’t thought it through.

Comment on Forums’ rules and such by sycologist

sycologist — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:42:53 +0000

When ignorant people don’t like the arguments of others, they may then move on to attacking the person and even threatening them. It’s a dangerous world out there.

Comment on What motivates this atheist? by The Skepdick

The Skepdick — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:35:24 +0000

I had a comment here, but it had nothing at all to do with the topic. It was from some conspiracy theorist who thought that the test of a dowser at TAM 7 was somehow rigged. Thanks for the idea, David. I’ll put a new post here on the subject, it is an interesting one.

One thing though, David.. If you attempt to leave a comment including links to your web site without first reciprocating, I will delete the links. I’m not about to contribute to your search engine ratings for free.

Comment on Finally, people who understand. by Obi-Mom Kenobi

Obi-Mom Kenobi — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:35:51 +0000

Excellent link. I will copy and hand this out to all friends and family members so there will be no further confusion. Relationships with non-INTJ’s can get tedious.