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speaking of mahjong
May. 28th, 2006 10:19 amMahjong is not an ancient game, you lazy scribblers. Also, I wonder if the article would have the same tone if they were playing poker.
May. 28th, 2006
More fun and games
May. 28th, 2006 12:11 pmDoes Joel Achenbach's article on global warming skeptics win the bingo?
It's written as a more or less unjudgmental personality piece, of the "I can't evaluate what these brainiacs are saying but it sure is interesting" variety. I frequently like Achenbach's writing style but this kind of coverage of science drives me nuts.
It's also frustrating in that his "other side" discussion mostly concentrates on mass-media hysteria (for instance, he correctly shoots down the alarm over the climateprediction.net outlier) and never really addresses the central issue of whether or not the attacks on the mainstream science are well-placed.
It's written as a more or less unjudgmental personality piece, of the "I can't evaluate what these brainiacs are saying but it sure is interesting" variety. I frequently like Achenbach's writing style but this kind of coverage of science drives me nuts.
It's also frustrating in that his "other side" discussion mostly concentrates on mass-media hysteria (for instance, he correctly shoots down the alarm over the climateprediction.net outlier) and never really addresses the central issue of whether or not the attacks on the mainstream science are well-placed.