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Last post by Shenonymous « Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:02 pm
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by Pyrrho » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:48 pm

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By request, we've opened this section for discussion of various ways to promote science and critical thinking in education. This will probably mostly...

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Something serious has been published in the NYTimes, September 26, 2013

Creationists on Texas Panel for Biology Textbooks
BY MOTOKO RICH

The panel...

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Opinions on Nooalf

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by JO 753 » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:56 am
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Check this out and tell me wut you think: www.nooalf.com

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English multitopic

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by Monster » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:26 pm
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I made this thread for various English questions.

And I want to start with this.

What do you use for the past tense of the verb "pet", as...

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So far, I've used this thread to mostly complain about things in English. And I'm going to do so again, right now.

"Overrate".

That word...
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Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:55 pm
Reading builds brains

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by Lance Kennedy » Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:35 pm
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Reference ; New Scientist, 3 June 2017, page 14

Dr. Michael Skeide and colleagues studies brain function before and after teaching illiterate adults...

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I was fortunate to have been able to skip Freshman English Comp in college as a direct result of my SAT scores. Instead, I was invited to participate...
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Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:08 pm
Doctor of Chiropractic

Last post by Gord « Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:26 am
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by SimoneGil » Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:47 am
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Okay, So I am undergoing the certification of doctorate in chiropractic from Southern California University of Health Sciences, and the guidance I am...

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Bearing in mind that Simone posted once and has remained silent, and bearing in mind the subject, I suspect a troll.

It appears to be spam for...

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Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:26 am
Ask An Autistic

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by Cadmusteeth » Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:31 pm
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Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:13 pm
What is truth?

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by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:46 pm
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Pomona College Students Say There’s No Such Thing as Truth, 'Truth' Is a Tool of White Supremacy
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If the truth does not exist—if it...

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"Love is a Bourgeois construct"
- Pet Shop Boys

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Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:29 pm
Oppression.

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by Master Lawbringer » Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:04 am
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What is the difference between behavioural science and oppression?

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He's not the "truthism" guy is he? Dan

I don't think so. The link you provided is to someone who can write coherent paragraphs,...
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Fri Apr 07, 2017 5:29 am
Green Party Endorses Nooalf

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by Tom Palven » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:11 am
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Don Fitz, Green Party National Committee Member in charge of Platform Development announced Friday that:

"At long last, The Green...

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I figure the lawz are different in the Marvel univers version uv America, so maybe kidnapping your romantic rival iz legal there.

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Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:49 pm
The scientific discovery that could completely revolutionize elementary education?

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by Abdul Alhazred » Sat Dec 24, 2016 5:35 pm
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Giant cell blob can learn and teach, study shows
Science Daily

No more teechurz dirty looks. :mrgreen:

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What the living hell?

Perhaps he means Random

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Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:02 pm
College of the Machine of the Perpetual Motion of Law

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by Master Lawbringer » Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:39 am
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State of the Machine of the Perpetual Motion of Law, also known as the Thelemic State, is a new form of government. The ruling class is collectively...

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No worries, mates.
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Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:34 pm
Evangelist to Head Education

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by Bart Stewart » Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:23 pm
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Trump has named televangelist Jerry Falwell Jr. to head a White House task force on reforming higher education in the United States. Presumably...

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On education and religion and hypocrisy...

The Texas AG sued to keep a Bible quote in school. Now he’s troubled by Muslim prayers.

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Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:36 am
TED Toks

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by JO 753 » Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:16 pm
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Do you like to watch TED talks? I'm sure there must be plenty uv lame wunz, but if sumwunz refering you to wun, its likely going to be interesting....
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Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:27 pm
Proposed change to State of New York teacher certification

Last post by ahhell « Tue Mar 07, 2017 6:00 pm
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by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:28 pm

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‘Literacy’ test for teachers may be nixed
NY Post

The state Board of Regents will likely vote early next week on whether to ax the Academic...

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Interesting, I assumed this was a movie by conservatives to promote Christian schools or home schooling or something. Seems to more of a move by...

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Tue Mar 07, 2017 6:00 pm
Interesting Approach in Finland

Last post by Nobrot « Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:26 am
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by Tom Palven » Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:02 am

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Finland will abandon school subjects:

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Is Finland the country who once had almost world domination of the cell phone market. I wonder what could have gone wrong?

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Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:26 am
Rebilding Nooalf.com

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by JO 753 » Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:08 pm
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I'v been rebilding the site for a few months, unless you count making fonts, then its been since July. Lotta work.

The long pajez uv text werent...

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Cloned the site:

The orijinal site's hosting servis iz getting flaky.
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Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:36 am
A question concerning universities

Last post by Matthew Ellard « Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:56 pm
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by Fehafare » Wed May 13, 2015 7:57 pm

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So, i have a question, one that i ignored for some time but that has worried me a bit more lately. I'm 19 years old and i am about to start going to...

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It is true many universities have become far too overly indulgent with an extreme liberal agenda... Gorgeous, you complete moron. You haven't been to...

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Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:56 pm
Which course is harder to teach?

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by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:55 am
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:mrgreen:

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:lol:

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:cry2:

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Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:59 am
An Ivy League professor on why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them’

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by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Sep 29, 2016 10:28 pm
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An Ivy League professor on why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them’ ( Wapo )

It's counterintuitive, what with affirmative...

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OlegTheBatty wrote:
Y ou might be overestimating the difficulty of a post apocalypse parade. I mean, we are already used to glow-in-the-dark...

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Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:51 am
Art???????????????

Last post by Gord « Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:24 am
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by Lance Kennedy » Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:55 pm
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Is it just me, or does the artwork in the reference above appear to be something that could be done by the average ten year old? And yet it fetched...
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Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:24 am
Foster care

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by Lance Kennedy » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:24 pm

Dr. Charles Nelson (pediatrician) and his research team carried out studies in Romania looking at children raised in orphanages. They carried out a...

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Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:24 pm
Religious barbarism.

Last post by Gawdzilla Sama « Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:00 pm
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by Lance Kennedy » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:49 pm
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The high degree of religious belief in the USA may result in barbaric policies. 19 states still permit corporal punishment of children. This is...

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That's why I'm mathgnostic today.

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Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:00 pm
Teaching and relativism/postmodernism

Last post by Gord « Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:19 am
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by Zetsubou_Sensei » Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:41 am
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I've been studying to become an English teacher at university, however, I've come to realise how many teachers in my country, as well as the...

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I find it irrational. It's better to say Truth is debatable than to say there can be multiple overlapping and irreconcilable Truths.
Same difference...

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Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:19 am
Are you mathicapped?

Last post by HappyFlappyTheist « Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:35 am
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:08 pm
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I can't find the square root of 1. :cry:

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You should consult Terrence Howard and his math crystals.

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Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:35 am
Is teaching part of the human genome?

Last post by bobbo_the_Pragmatist « Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:45 am
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by Lance Kennedy » Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:05 pm

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The Aka are one of the few remaining true hunter/gatherer societies, representing what humans have been like through 99% of human history. They seem...

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Poodle==thats more than fair. I thought about reading the link JUST because I noted your reference to it. Weird to reference a point like that in...

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Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:45 am
Survey regarding certain English words and your country

Last post by Austin Harper « Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:02 pm
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by Monster » Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:32 pm

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I am looking for some information regarding certain English phrases and in which countries they're spoken.

The phrases in question are these:

wanna...

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The country in which I reside: USA
The country in which I spoke English the most: USA
The country in which I learned English: USA

This word is used...

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Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:02 pm
Skeptical About the Barbie Doll

Last post by Angel « Mon Dec 07, 2015 3:42 pm
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by RonPrice » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:53 am
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BARBIE DOLL

The popular doll, Barbie, artifact of female representation and identity, of depiction and posturing of women, has evoked a steady...

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I got a cat. It taught me how to survive. download (12).jpg
I can't say, I'm surprised. :lol:

Tehe
In your dreams hunny bunches of nuts lol

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Mon Dec 07, 2015 3:42 pm
Congratulations, Student Protesters, You Just Got Used

Last post by Abdul Alhazred « Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:20 am
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by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Dec 03, 2015 2:04 pm

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Congratulations, Student Protesters, You Just Got Used
The Federalist

... the more you read through the students’ demands, the more they look...

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Whose best interest?

Or are we assuming the students in question never want to leave the campus?

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Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:20 am
School offers free counseling for the traumatized victims!

Last post by TJrandom « Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:42 am
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by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:14 pm

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Really. :)

Confederate flag displayed on student laptop prompts latest bias incident report
The Gatepost Framingham State University's...

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I think I need free counseling - traumatized as I am from reading this thread.... :heh:

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Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:42 am
Common Core

Last post by TJrandom « Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:46 pm
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by moth1ne » Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:38 pm
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I recently watched this video which is a lecture from Ken Robinson on education reform. He seems to advocate for a dramatic reformation of the U.S....

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“5 + 9” is okay but “9 + 5” is wrong?

Japan too has its minor quirks in the teaching of mathematics, which to many do not make sense. Maybe this is...

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Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:46 pm
Computers inhibit learning.

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by Lance Kennedy » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:03 am
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Reference : New Scientist, 17 October 2015, page 28

It appears that the use of computers in the classrom and in the home actually reduce the amount...

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F'nerd.

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Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:10 am
Programming Project

Last post by JO 753 « Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:42 am
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by JO 753 » Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:04 pm
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I know many uv you here are programmerz and are probably aware uv my frequent griping about bad software in the Gear Grinder topic. In spite uv that,...

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Your site is basically one large background image with buttons on it. There is no viewport statement, the minimum necessary for Google and other...
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Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:42 am
Wow! Jeb Bush no less claims telepathic powers! (NY Times)

Last post by Tom Palven « Tue Sep 22, 2015 2:55 am
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by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:19 pm

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Jeb Bush Says President Obama Is ‘an American’ and ‘a Christian’
The New York Times

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He would have to be a mind reader to know whether Barack Obama is a Christian.

Thank you, Jesus, anyway.

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Tue Sep 22, 2015 2:55 am
Learning new languages and spelling

Last post by KittyCathy « Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:31 am
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by Monster » Thu Aug 06, 2015 2:12 pm

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While learning words in other languages, I've noticed something interesting.

Normally, when I read new Russian and Ukrainian words, I have to...

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You can read text where the words are scrambled except for the first and last letters, because you're reading all the letters at the same time,...

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Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:31 am
No one can teach you what you don't already know

Last post by kowalskil « Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:20 pm
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by placid » Sat Aug 22, 2015 2:11 pm

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They can only remind you ..help you remember what you've always known.

A wise man once said....

My teaching, if that is the word you want to use,...

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Most of what I learned in schools was totally unfamiliar to me.

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Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:20 pm
A medical student looking for advice

Last post by Gord « Mon May 25, 2015 1:55 am
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by SkepticNewbie » Sun May 24, 2015 6:34 am

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First of all, I'd like you to excuse my English skills since it is not my first language and quite different from my mother one. Fortunately, it has...

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:wave: hi

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Mon May 25, 2015 1:55 am
Darwin’s way of reading a book

Last post by Poodle « Thu May 14, 2015 12:46 pm
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by RonPrice » Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:15 am
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GETTING KNOWLEDGE

Part 1:

Reflecting as I now do on my 65 year reading life from 1949 to 2014, I found Darwin’s way of reading a book of interest....

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The King's way of reading a book ...

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then...

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Thu May 14, 2015 12:46 pm
Bringing people talk to elementary school children

Last post by Matthew Ellard « Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:05 am
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by Salomea » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:19 am

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Hello,

I have children in elementary school. And I do know a few people who are good explaining to children what they are doing - doctors,...

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Could you please expand on the "agree to speak" document? I mean that person got inside the classroom at the designated time based on own...

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Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:05 am
American Millennials are among the world's least skilled

Last post by TJrandom « Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:47 am
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by Doubting Thomas » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:42 pm
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Is our educational system failing our young people?

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I suspect that Japan`s success can largely be attributed to the number of hours spent in structured studies. After the `normal` school hours, kids...

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Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:47 am
Indiana Proud !

Last post by Frank Hoffman « Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:54 pm
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by Frank Hoffman » Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:18 pm
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Really? Do we have to keep fighting this over and over again? :(

From Fort Wayne's wane.com Jan 21, 2015:
"A bill filed by Sen. Jeff Raatz of...

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My home, the great state of Indiana, continues to be in the forefront of progressive thought, as long as the movement is backward. Our governor just...

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Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:54 pm
How Yale avoids discrimination lawsuits.

Last post by Abdul Alhazred « Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:42 pm

by Abdul Alhazred » Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:42 pm

Students’ Requests for Their Admissions Records Prompt Colleges to Purge Documents
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Yale University has...

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Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:42 pm
Flag banning at UC Irvine and hate speech

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by xouper » Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:16 am
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( Disclaimer: I assume most of you have seen this in the news, thus I didn't bother with links. )

The recent attempt by six students at the...

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Snopes casts some light on the subject.

March 5 Let it be resolved that ASUCI make every effort to make the Associated Students main lobby space as...

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Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:07 am
Transcendental Meditation and Critical Thinking Ability

Last post by PennyDotson « Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:40 am
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by TruthMakesPeace » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:34 am

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Active debating, such as on this Skeptic Forum, practices our brain's Critical Thinking Ability.
Resting the brain, during deep Transcendental...

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This is an awesome study and thread.. thank you so much!

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Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:40 am
Ya Allah, I love science education.

Last post by Major Malfunction « Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:23 pm
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by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:22 am
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Saudi Preacher Bandar Al-Khaybari Demonstrates: The Earth Does Not Revolve around Itself

Video with subtitles:

Transcript:

... There is...

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The usual response is deserved, I suppose...

It's turtles all the way down.

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:23 pm
Polyglots

Last post by Poodle « Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:46 pm
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by Austin Harper » Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:40 pm
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Do we have any other polyglots (people who speak multiple languages) on the board? If so, what languages do you speak?

I obviously speak English and...

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Wang is the OE term for "field".

Also found as 'wong', Austin - a version which survived into the 14th century.

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Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:46 pm
What should a course on critical thinking include?

Last post by Frank Hoffman « Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:52 am
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by Kasper G » Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:13 am
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I am designing a new course in critical thinking, skepticism, rationality and argumentation. I would like it to have a focus that will enable...

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I am designing a new course in critical thinking, skepticism, rationality and argumentation.... What should such a course include?

To Kasper G - So...

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Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:52 am
The revolution eats its children. Again.

Last post by Gord « Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:34 am
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by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:39 pm

Women's College Cancels 'Vagina Monologues' Because It Excludes Women Without Vaginas
Reason

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Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:34 am
It's worse than I feared... 1 in 4 don't know Earth orbits..

Last post by Gord « Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:35 am
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by kennyc » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:50 am
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1 in 4 Americans Don't Know Earth Orbits the Sun. Yes, Really.
FEB 14, 2014 03:20 PM ET // BY IAN O'NEILL

Dear Science Communication Professionals:...

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...they did send you a letter asking you if you wanted to buy into the retirement fund back in the '70s, but you didn't want to have "too...
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Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:35 am
Selection process in Stanford University

Last post by OlegTheBatty « Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:12 pm
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by oem » Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:32 am

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I would like to know on how selection process work in Stanford University
Referring to following link, it based on following issues, but there is no...

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If you're a man, selection depends upon whether or not you're good at sports. If you're a woman, it depends upon the size of your breasts. Of course,...

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Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:12 pm
The most educated countries in the world

Last post by PennyDotson « Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:57 am
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by kennyc » Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:45 am
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Interesting stuff but I'm convinced the guy is a zombie....I mean look at that stare, those blinking eyes, and what the hell is he looking at? Not...

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It does seem backward to me as well but who really knows what's going on these days anymore?

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Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:57 am
Ignorance by country

Last post by clarsct « Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:04 am
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by TJrandom » Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:33 am
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Way to Go, Americans: We’re Almost as Ignorant as Italians

Here’s the ranking of countries on the Index of Ignorance, with the most fabulously...

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got 3.

But a lot of those questions I just really couldn't care less about. I really don't care how many teenage girls are getting preggers. Not my...

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