By far the most interesting whore me request so far...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Stupidity of Dignity
Stephen Pinker reviews the report by the President's Council on Bioethics entitled Human Dignity and Bioethics. It is a bit long, but very thoughtful, and among the better reads by Pinker that I have encountered.
via Metafilter.
House Judiciary Committee willing to arrest Rove to force compliance...
Debbie Wasserman of the House Judiciary Committee has stated that Rove will not be permitted to invoke executive privilege in an effort to avoid testifying about the fired US attorneys. If Rove doesn't comply with the Congressional subpoena, Wasserman claimed that the committee would be willing to have him arrested.
Tell me...
Is the heart situated in the center of the torso (horizontally) or to the left? These kids last night (including that guy Tommy who went camping with us) wanted to say that it was situated on the left side. If this is an accurate diagram, it seems that the heart is situated centrally. Clearly, the thing is not symmetrical, so that muddies things, but if you had to say where the heart was located, what would you say?
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