The Edge Annual Question — 2008

When thinking changes your mind, that’s philosophy.
When God changes your mind, that’s faith.
When facts change your mind, that’s science.

WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

Science is based on evidence. What happens when the data change? How have scientific findings or arguments changed your mind?”

Discuss…

Links:

• www.edge.org

Biofuels

A humorous video against biofuels.

Links:

• Biofuel Wikipedia entry

Update: An article about biofuels on The Guardian.

Eugenio Benetazzo: Pseudo-economics, pseudo-finance, and pseudo-politics

He calls himself the first and only Italian financial preacher.

Like a fundamentalist evangelical Christian preacher, he warns of the imminent end of the world as we know it. He blames capitalism, America, the financial system, and globalisation among others.

His conclusions are backed by imaginary scientific analysis.

If you have read (and understood) an introductory economics textbook. You’ll find this either useless, entertaining, or disturbing.

If you know nothing about economics and you want to believe, you’ll like it and you’ll start counting the days left to the financial apocalypse.

Links:

• Website
• YouTube Channel

Funky track of the day: Benjamin Bates – Two Flies

I discovered this track via IndieFeed and I have heard it 1000 times on my ipod.

Related links:

• IndieFeed
• Benjamin Bates

Again news puns

Worries about Starbucks’ magic fading have been brewing for some time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/07/starbucks.useconomy

Why do they do it? Why?