LongJim

Have you ever thought about trying to fix the hole in that boat instead of spending so much time online? Does the Professor have to do everything around there?

Some pretty good thoughts from Carl Sagan regarding know-it-alls: ************************************** "In addition to teaching us what to do when evaluating a claim to knowledge, any good baloney detection kit must also teach us what not to do. It helps us recognize the most common and perilous fallacies of logic and rhetoric. Many good examples can be found in religion and politics, because their practitioners are so often obliged to justify two contradictory propositions. " Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the “facts.” Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view. Arguments from authority carry little weight — “authorities” have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts. Spin more than one hypothesis. If there’s something to be explained, think of all the different ways in which it could be explained. Then think of tests by which you might systematically disprove each of the alternatives. What survives, the hypothesis that resists disproof in this Darwinian selection among “multiple working hypotheses,” has a much better chance of being the right answer than if you had simply run with the first idea that caught your fancy. Try not to get overly attached to a hypothesis just because it’s yours. It’s only a way station in the pursuit of knowledge. Ask yourself why you like the idea. Compare it fairly with the alternatives. See if you can find reasons for rejecting it. If you don’t, others will. Quantify. If whatever it is you’re explaining has some measure, some numerical quantity attached to it, you’ll be much better able to discriminate among competing hypotheses. What is vague and qualitative is open to many explanations. Of course there are truths to be sought in the many qualitative issues we are obliged to confront, but finding them is more challenging. If there’s a chain of argument, every link in the chain must work (including the premise) — not just most of them. Occam’s Razor. This convenient rule-of-thumb urges us when faced with two hypotheses that explain the data equally well to choose the simpler. Always ask whether the hypothesis can be, at least in principle, falsified. Propositions that are untestable, unfalsifiable are not worth much. Consider the grand idea that our Universe and everything in it is just an elementary particle — an electron, say — in a much bigger Cosmos. But if we can never acquire information from outside our Universe, is not the idea incapable of disproof? You must be able to check assertions out. Inveterate skeptics must be given the chance to follow your reasoning, to duplicate your experiments and see if they get the same result. https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/

Judas Priest, this thing is terrifying. Does it have teeth??

Perhaps they don't defend it, have nothing to offer besides general agreement, and prefer to let you yell into a vacuum?

Homegirl needs a better proofreader. A lot of unintentional irony in that "piece".

No. Ridiculous.

I saw it too. I couldn't believe it. Walked out of the game for that reason.

But you'd be a lot safer if you stayed!

https://link.nationalreview.com/click/18299571.550828/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0aW9uYWxyZXZpZXcuY29tLzIwMTkvMTAvbWVkaWEtY292ZXItZm9yLWVsaXphYmV0aC13YXJyZW4tbGllcy1hZ2Fpbg/5cf81ad02ddf9c7994e13948C0e827030

Newsflash: The mainstream media lost credibility, integrity, and--maybe even more importantly--decency, a long time ago.

This is great exposure for the AD and school.

https://reason.com/2019/10/07/the-u-k-must-ban-pointy-knives-says-church-of-england/

About 10K.

The tailgating/gameday experience at Apogee is one of the best in the conference now. Keep playing as many Texas-based schools as possible, and the program benefits and things like rivalries and must-see games keep developing. UNT should play home and homes with Houston/SMU/Texas State/Baylor/TCU as often as possible. Alumni are close by, it's a great opportunity for fans to travel, helps recruiting, and helps build the program.

The Green Brigade destroyed Houston's band Saturday. It wasn't close.

Not a coach or former college player, but that's what I saw too. I left the game disappointed, but I told my wife, "Houston was the better team tonight. That's pretty much it."

Overheard last night from a put out person behind us: "God! Where are all these people going to SIT??"

Agree. Coverage was bad last night on those kicks. Over pursuit and broken containment.

That was the largest crowd I've seen at Apogee.

Coin flip game. A W in a close one.

You are 1 and 3. Brave King turned his tail and fled. Ha ha ha ha ha.

King said "Adios!" Holgorsen chasing coeds. Team can't bust a grape.

Omar's trip to Israel was planned by Miftah. If you know anything about that organization, you will understand why she faced criticism. But that story has been swept under the rug by the mainstream media..

The point spread is set to encourage equal betting on both sides.