Rantings of a New Yorker

This is a small part of the bigger Cosmic Quandries, which is worth checking out as well.

Source.

mrbazooka explains radiometric dating. I really like the stuff mrbazooka comes up with. It always makes you think.  If you’re ever on reddit, have a look for his posts.  They’re worth it.

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it’s OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we’re predictably irrational — and can be influenced in ways we can’t grasp.

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions.

Neil talks about how the amount of peer reviewed science research being done in the U.S. has gone down since 2000, and gone up in other places like Japan, China, and Europe.

Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about Newton’s belief in God and why it was harmful.

From RWW.

A discussion about science, society, and the universe with Stephen Colbert, who is out of character, at the Kimberley Academy in Montclair, New Jersey. Original video is at the Hayden Planetarium website.