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江西男子指天發誓後遭雷擊
A good example for discussion in critical thinking classes. 明報網站 2008年10月14日 江西男子指天發誓後遭雷擊 江西一男子指天發毒誓，轉身就遭電擊。因搶救及時，男子目前已脫離生命危險。 十三日上午，吉安縣黃某找到家住井岡山大市場的男子涂某稱，三年前一名朋友結婚時，涂某曾讓他代送了三百元禮金，此後涂某將此事遺忘一直未還錢。涂某聽後稱… more →
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江西男子指天發誓後遭雷擊
joelau wrote 1 year ago: A good example for discussion in critical thinking classes. 明報網站 2008年10月14日 江西男子指天發誓後遭雷擊 江西一男子指天發毒誓 … more →
UK : computer-generated images of child sex abuse to be illegal
joelau wrote 1 year ago: A good discussion topic for ethics. BBC Drawings and computer-generated images of child sex abuse wo … more →
Buffet on IQ and independent thinking
joelau wrote 1 year ago: http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/05/news/companies/buffet.pm.wrap/index.htm?section=money_latest In resp … more →
Texting Improves Parent-Teen Relationships?
joelau wrote 1 year ago: A good exercise for discussion regarding media reports of statistics: - how significant is the effec … more →
More Brain Research Suggests 'Use It Or Lose It'
joelau wrote 1 year ago: More Brain Research Suggests ‘Use It Or Lose It’ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 … more →
Sweer's Impossibility Theorem
joelau wrote 1 year ago: A good example of a self-defeating claim. I have not been able to identify the source though. If any … more →
Education and earnings
joelau wrote 1 year ago: Interesting statistics From http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html … more →
US court says child born in vitro after father's death cannot inherit
joelau wrote 1 year ago: Definition in law From http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g_44VfwUR-TNXE2u-5YXjkX4h4cA WASHINGTON ( … more →
林行止 通識
joelau wrote 1 year ago: 在知識、資訊爆炸的年代，用世須「專」是必然的趨勢，這使隔行如隔山的情況，愈來愈普遍；人與人之不同，跨度愈大，愈難溝通；愈欠溝通，隨隔膜而產生的無情與庸碌令生活失色、節奏單調；於是，提高「通識」被不少人 … more →
A single gene mutation that makes us more prone to repeat mistakes
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joelau wrote 2 years ago: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071206/full/news.2007.358.html Most people tend to learn from their … more →
Warren Buffett and critical thinking
joelau wrote 2 years ago: These days the stock market is always in the local news. Warren Buffett is of course a great investo … more →
walnuts & blueberries good for the (rat's) brain
joelau wrote 2 years ago: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071106122843.htm Diets containing two percent, six perc … more →
Critical thinking web ranks #7 on google
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joelau wrote 2 years ago: On 11 Nov, my critical thinking web ranks #7 on a google search for “critical thinking”, … more →
Flying Spaghetti Monster
joelau wrote 2 years ago: A former student told me about the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which I did not know before. Funny, but … more →
Homeopathy and scientific methodology
joelau wrote 2 years ago: Diluting the scientific method: Ars looks at homeopathy A nice article exposing the problems in some … more →
Using World of Warcraft to study epidemics
joelau wrote 2 years ago: Using analogies in research Economist 2007.09 A plague in a computer game may have lessons for the r … more →
More UK students taking A-level critical thinking
joelau wrote 2 years ago: BBC Critical thinking has shot up by almost 60% in popularity as an A-level subject in the past year … more →
Google
joelau wrote 2 years ago: Good exercise in analogical reasoning: is stealing laptops analogous to indexing books without permi … more →
Using long words does not make you look more intelligent
joelau wrote 2 years ago: Students should read this paper! Appl. Cognit. Psychol. 20: 139–156 (2006)Published online 31 Octobe … more →
