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I found this website while reading the comments section of a [http://metamodern.com/2010/01/17/the-importance-of-seeing-what-isn%E2%80%99t-there/ blog post]. I am interested in working on a Wikipedia-like website that deals with factual controversies as described in Eric Drexler's blog post. I think this website is similar to what Drexler envisioned and I hope I can make some valuable contributions to this website.
 
I found this website while reading the comments section of a [http://metamodern.com/2010/01/17/the-importance-of-seeing-what-isn%E2%80%99t-there/ blog post]. I am interested in working on a Wikipedia-like website that deals with factual controversies as described in Eric Drexler's blog post. I think this website is similar to what Drexler envisioned and I hope I can make some valuable contributions to this website.
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==Quotes==
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"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."
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-Thomas Paine
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"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."
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-David Hume
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==Articles I have started==
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*[[Phantom time]]
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*[[Voynich manuscript]]
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*[[Technology]]
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*[[Ica stones]]
  
 
==Articles I should create==
 
==Articles I should create==
 
*Safety of the Large Hadron Collider: micro black holes and strangelets
 
*Safety of the Large Hadron Collider: micro black holes and strangelets
*Risk of grey goo
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*Risk of "grey goo" (nanotechnology)
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*Authorship of the works attributed to William Shakespeare
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*Music (e.g. gangsta rap, heavy metal) and violent behavior
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*Video games and violent behavior
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*Religion and violent behavior
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*Cruelty to animals in childhood and adult violent behavior
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*Mental illness and violent behavior
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*Nazis/Hitler and atheism
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*Cold fusion
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*Bimini road
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*Piri Reis map
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*Wow! signal
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*'Bloop' sound recording in the ocean

Latest revision as of 09:16, 18 July 2011

I found this website while reading the comments section of a blog post. I am interested in working on a Wikipedia-like website that deals with factual controversies as described in Eric Drexler's blog post. I think this website is similar to what Drexler envisioned and I hope I can make some valuable contributions to this website.

Quotes

"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." -Thomas Paine
"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." -David Hume

Articles I have started

Articles I should create

  • Safety of the Large Hadron Collider: micro black holes and strangelets
  • Risk of "grey goo" (nanotechnology)
  • Authorship of the works attributed to William Shakespeare
  • Music (e.g. gangsta rap, heavy metal) and violent behavior
  • Video games and violent behavior
  • Religion and violent behavior
  • Cruelty to animals in childhood and adult violent behavior
  • Mental illness and violent behavior
  • Nazis/Hitler and atheism
  • Cold fusion
  • Bimini road
  • Piri Reis map
  • Wow! signal
  • 'Bloop' sound recording in the ocean