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Hit The Rock: Boulder Open @ Karbin
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For more posts, see my main weblog, Veritas. Friday, October 27, 2006. Boulder Open @ Karbin. Update: high-resolution versions of these photos. Are now on Flickr. Last night, I went to Karbin with Lisa, Matt, and my colleague Jens. It was time again for another Boulder Open. Here is a photo of me doing an easy blue or red problem to warm up. Hung was there; he completed lots of difficult problems. Anna was climbing like a pro last night, and advanced to the finals. This one was very, very tricky for me&#...
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Veritas: The five stages of climate denial
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The five stages of climate denial. Global warming is not happening. Okay, global warming may be happening, but it’s part of a natural cycle, and human activity has an insignificant effect. Alright, human activity may be causing climate change, be we shouldn’t try to fix the problem because the planet will take care of itself. And besides, doing anything would be too costly, and would harm productivity, growth, comfort, etc. Stage 5 applies only to apocalyptic religious fundamentalists.). Yes we can make ...
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Veritas: Interstellar: unanswered questions
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Here are some unanswered questions from Interstellar:. Why build a rocket silo inside an office building? Wouldn’t the exhaust make an awful mess? If a big rocket is required to lift one Ranger shuttle from Earth into space, how can the same shuttle lift off unaided from a planet whose gravity is 1.3x greater than Earth’s? Moreover, how can the ungainly Landers even land, much less lift off? Fail to notice the giant waves when they were a safe distance from the planet? This would have been safer and woul...
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Veritas: More handwaving from Reza Aslan
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More handwaving from Reza Aslan. In the very first sentence of this interview. On The Young Turks, Reza Aslan claims that he does not read Sam Harris’ writings. He then proceeds to criticize Harris and modern atheism at length, making several deliberate misrepresentations:. Atheism is an intractable and inflexible belief system. Atheists believe that they are under siege. Harris would certainly have reason to. Atheists are among the most widely distrusted groups. Aslan makes this clear in his next remark...
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Hit The Rock: January 2007
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For more posts, see my main weblog, Veritas. Saturday, January 27, 2007. Boulder Open #51 at Karbin. Originally uploaded by Michael A. Lowry. Tonight I went to Karbin for some bouldering. It was the fifty-first boulder open competition they've put on. It was my best boulder open to date, and I placed fourteenth. This time, I managed to complete 26 out of 40, including several really tricky black-rated ones. I was close to doing two more as well, nos. 3 and 8. My previous best. Had been 22 of 40 problems.
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Hit The Rock: Karbin on Saturday
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For more posts, see my main weblog, Veritas. Monday, January 08, 2007. Originally uploaded by Michael A. Lowry. Lisa and Matt and I went to Karbin on Saturday. I had been there before for several Boulder Open competitions, but I had never climbed the tall roped routes. It was fun and the routes have a different character than the ones at Klättercentret. I posted 95 photos. Michael A. Lowry. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Michael A. Lowry. View my complete profile. Svenska Klätterförbundet.
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Hit The Rock: Thursday night @ KC
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For more posts, see my main weblog, Veritas. Wednesday, February 14, 2007. Thursday night @ KC. Originally uploaded by Michael A. Lowry. I went bouldering at Klättercentret. It was fun climbing, even if it wasn't my best night. Here, new friend Linda tackles the fun green route on the tall wall. Originally uploaded by Michael A. Lowry. Peter made some progress on this black-rated problem on the upstairs bouldering wall. Originally uploaded by Michael A. Lowry. Michael A. Lowry. Michael A. Lowry.
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Hit The Rock: Klättercentret on Friday
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For more posts, see my main weblog, Veritas. Sunday, February 11, 2007. Originally uploaded by Michael A. Lowry. I had a nice climb on Friday night. And met several friends there. Here, Helena tackles a fun problem on the upstairs bouldering wall. Click the link for more photos! Michael A. Lowry. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Michael A. Lowry. Technologist, photographer, dancer, outdoorsman with connections in the U.S., Sweden, and Switzerland. View my complete profile. Mdash; My main web log.
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Hit The Rock: First climb of 2007
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For more posts, see my main weblog, Veritas. Wednesday, January 03, 2007. First climb of 2007. Last night, Lisa and I went to Klättercentret for the first climb of the year. I was still feeling a bit slow after a very festive New Year's Eve, so I had to take it a bit easy. Interestingly this made some problems easier to solve because I had to use my brain a bit more and take things more slowly and carefully. Michael A. Lowry. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Michael A. Lowry. View my complete profile.
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Veritas: Modesty, shame & sexual propriety
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Modesty, shame and sexual propriety. The furor over Miley Cyrus’s performance at the VMAs the other night truly surprised me. I expect a fair amount of screaming and wailing from the idiots in the cheap seats. But even some people I love and respect couldn’t stop themselves from joining in, leveling not just artistic criticism at Ms. Cyrus, but also personal insults and accusations of immorality. Because Cyrus used sex to shock, to get attention, and to make a point. Still others say they just don’...
