Fantastic example of why meta is awful:

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After following the BBC for a few days on my new RRS feed reader (NewsFire, by the way. It's very good) and paying special attention to how they cover Israel, I've become increasingly shocked at the crassness of their anti-Israel position.

Here are ALL the stories on the BBC about Israel from the past week (let me know if I've missed any):

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If you understand a problem well enough, you've already solved it. So, if you understand why X is bad, you've understood what the better alternative is ( Read more... )

'After’ and ‘behind’ are the same word in Swedish, and even same meaning! Sort of. “Italy is 20 years after us in every way” = “Italy is 20 years behind us in every way”, in Swedish ( Read more... )

Philosophy and science are different in one respect: scientific theories can be tested by experiment, philosophy can't ( Read more... )

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Dear Headington branch of Carphone Warehouse,

When I come in asking about the features of the iPhone and iPhone alternatives, I would actually like to know the features of the iPhone and iPhone alternatives. "What features would you like to know about?" does not help me, because I do not know the features. That's why I'm here. That is why I came ( Read more... )

In my last post, I said that children shouldn't be forced to do stuff, and instead you should offer advice. But what advice should you offer? The advice should be designed to help, not manipulate. So, offer the advice you think the child would want. Not advice designed to get the child to do or think a certain thing you think is good. (Unless the ( Read more... )

When you force children to do things you think are good (or to not do things you think are bad), that means that any irrationalities you have will be passed on to them (because they can't properly try out dissenting ideas ( Read more... )