Dubiosity Digest for August 5th, 2010

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Bevans

The Dubiosity Digest is a collection of interesting articles that I find around the internet. Rather than post each individually (and drown out my other posts) I have mine collected into this digest on a monthly basis.

	The Big Lebowski and Buddhism. I don’t know if any of this is true, but it’s a very interesting idea. (Yes, this is pretty old, but if you haven’t seen it before, who cares?)
	Doctor’s Data Sues Quackwatch.
	YouTube – The Muppets: Pöpcørn. Have you seen that the Jim Henson studios are doing new Muppet skits on YouTube? Just FYI. They’re all in 1080p too.
	Essential Freethought Library « American Freethought. A pretty good selection of books. I’m putting together my own list, which may be up before this appears on the Digest, so look for that too.
	The Big Lies People Tell In Online Dating « OkTrends. I don’t even use this site, but their blog contains some fascinating social analysis.
	The Billion Dollar-o-Gram 2009. A nice chart comparing various things that cost over $1 billion.
	Make Multi-Colored Glow Sticks – The Science.
	Scenes From A Multiverse – Sentient Gardens. An amusing little comic about bureaucracy.
	New Testament Sources & Translations « Triangulations. If you’re interested in how the numerous versions and revisions of the NT came together to give us the versions we have now, here’s a very nice visualization.
	Who Needs to Look While Typing? BlindType Users Don’t!. I’d eventually like to get one of the new Android smartphones, and this looks like an essential tool for it, especially when you’ve got huge hands and thick fingers like me.
	StarCraft II – Ghosts of the Past Trailer.
	The Obligatory Top 10 Favorite Character Designs. This is a great new blog from Aaron Diaz, creator of the comic “Dresden Codak”, and all-around amazing artist. But this blog isn’t just about his art, but art and design as a whole.I’ve always gotten a great deal of influence in my web & graphic design work from comic and animation art, and this post does a great job of illustrating why, and how useful it can be.
	EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers.
	Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are “fair use”. Finally, some sanity coming to copyright law.
	YouTube – Sen. Franken on Net Neutrality. Man, I REALLY wish I had voted for him now.
	The Reasonableness of Weird Things. This part is especially important to understand: “In my experience, the top reasons people believe weird things are not only understandable, but identical to the reasons most skeptics believe things: they are persuaded by personal experiences (or by the experiences of a loved one); or, they are persuaded by the sources they have consulted.”
	Conservative Views & Humor from Political Satirist PJ O’Rourke. This is a very interesting and funny talk from a conservative perspective. There are so few coherent, intelligent conservative voices out there, although his views are significantly different from those of the Republican party.
	The Skeptical OB: Do obstetricians ignore scientific evidence?. I’ve been reading a lot of this type of thing lately. Too many friends having babies.
	Acupuncture Pseudoscience in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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