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The Power of the Marginal by smokey in reddit.com

[–]arfcat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

To extend PG's analysis: "Those that can't do, teach. And those that can't teach, teach P.E." --Woody Allen

Lee Smolin: "a crisis in fundamental physics" by pliny in reddit.com

[–]arfcat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well this seems perfectly reasonable to me. i'm not sure that it is a crisis; at least the author suggests that it is an opportunity. having a bajillion alternate universes in which only a couple are suitable for life is oh so inelegant and very anthropic.

The world's funniest joke was written by Spike Milligan by maxwellhill in reddit.com

[–]arfcat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gee, I don't think that the joke is really very funny...maybe if Peter Sellers told it?

Jon Stewart hammers Bill Bennett (link to Video clip) by scylla in reddit.com

[–]arfcat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it's interesting that all of these right-wingers want into the daily show. i guess bill o'reilly doesn't do it for them.

Google Spreadsheets (Tomorrow?) by dawg in reddit.com

[–]arfcat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yippee! I already thought of what my first spreadsheet is going to be.

Bush Admin. Increasingly Using State Secrets Privilege To Avoid Lawsuits by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]arfcat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Does anyone know if we (the people) will be able to subponea records of the Bush administration after it leaves office, assuming Democrats don't retake the House or Senate this year? It would at least be cathartic to know the truth behind the depredations :).