Links to amuse
Jul. 23rd, 2002 01:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebratqueenI was talking about these with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
catscradle and stakebait yesterday so I thought I'd share:
A woman who has apparently never heard of Occam's Razor.
What I find great about that story is how she's not even speaking metaphorically about angels. Also that apparently it's a real miracle to her that gas stations sell gas and grocery stores sell, you know, grocery related items.
I don't get this one and here I am the choir. (Warning - about abortion)
What amazes me on this one isn't so much the bad writing (although it's a factor) as the fact that it makes no sense. "Considering getting an abortion? Well here's a fictional account based on nothing to help you change your mind!" Huh? I could have vaguely been on board for a letter written from the POV of scientific facts about life in the womb (eg "Dear Mom - hey look! I've got fingers!") but a vague letter about a kid who wanted to be born but isn't? As though the woman getting the abortion was somehow unaware that after 9 months the usual result is a child?
I can't help but wonder what's next in the series. ("Dear maker of food - for years I've enjoyed being your dining table and was hoping to enjoy a few years more. Why did you chop me into firewood and use me to roast marshmellows?")
Finally there's This CNN article whichcatscradle pointed me towards. It's amazing how even an organization like CNN doesn't understand that the plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
catscradle and stakebait yesterday so I thought I'd share:A woman who has apparently never heard of Occam's Razor.
What I find great about that story is how she's not even speaking metaphorically about angels. Also that apparently it's a real miracle to her that gas stations sell gas and grocery stores sell, you know, grocery related items.
I don't get this one and here I am the choir. (Warning - about abortion)
What amazes me on this one isn't so much the bad writing (although it's a factor) as the fact that it makes no sense. "Considering getting an abortion? Well here's a fictional account based on nothing to help you change your mind!" Huh? I could have vaguely been on board for a letter written from the POV of scientific facts about life in the womb (eg "Dear Mom - hey look! I've got fingers!") but a vague letter about a kid who wanted to be born but isn't? As though the woman getting the abortion was somehow unaware that after 9 months the usual result is a child?
I can't help but wonder what's next in the series. ("Dear maker of food - for years I've enjoyed being your dining table and was hoping to enjoy a few years more. Why did you chop me into firewood and use me to roast marshmellows?")
Finally there's This CNN article which
catscradle pointed me towards. It's amazing how even an organization like CNN doesn't understand that the plural of "anecdote" is not "data".