Saturday Links (19-Dec-09)

December 19th, 2009

Copernicus did not demote humanity
Programmer finds some decks for Texas Holdem where no matter how you cut them the dealer always wins
Parapsychology as a control group for science
The Swedish Association for Sexual Education renames the hymen the vaginal corona and produces a great educational booklet dispelling myths about hymens and female virginity.
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
Uganda won’t execute HIV positive gays and lesbians, just give them life in prison. Phew!
Sometimes the best response to a poor article is this. Or this.
The idiocy of the sex offender moral panic has deadly consequences
China’s government now wants more children — but not parents
A very moving post about Christian missionaries in Africa

#1 Alan on 12.19.09 at 11:15 am: Michael, you score an epic win with this post. The Khan post is awesome, the metamagician blog is now in my reader and the missionaries post is really interesting. The Hope Witsell one just made me furious.