Guest Thinkers — February 4, 2011

Surprise! Lila Rose’s Planned Parenthood “Sting” Videos Doctored

Media Matters reveals that Lila Rose’s undercover “sting” videos of Planned Parenthood have been doctored:

–Why is Live Action Doctoring Its Planned Parenthood Audio?

–Latest Lila Rose Video Ends Her Credibility Once and For All

For more on anti-abortion extremist Lila Rose and her misbegotten hoax, see Jill’s excellent primer.

[Photo credit: This picture of a 100% genuine and credible Ogopogo brought to you by Live Action FilmsMr. Fnord, Creative Commons.]

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Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

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The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

The trick to instantly identifying JWST images

If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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