# tech
Malware peddlers apparently have great customer service. And if you think about it, they really have to...
# tech
EU's latest idea for making the web forget you and your embarrassing posts? Set all data to self-destruct.
# tech
Bitcoin isn't about to crash, but it's very unlikely to scale up to a currency freely used around the world.
# tech
Computers respect the letter of the law, but they can't understand the spirit. That's why they're terrible at real world policing.
# health
Pat Robertson perfectly demonstrates the bad arguments faith healers use to trick people into believing they can be cured with a miracle.
# politics
Hollywood cannot let go of its stereotypes, even when it's trying to promote "independent work."
# tech
In the tech world, dissing someone's tech stack is a great way to start a small holy war. And Jeff Atwood did just that on his blog.
# tech
Tech skeptic Evgeny Morozov doesn't seem to think smartphone app users have any agency or free will.
# science
Despite the bad rap technocrats get, they're absolutely needed to keep dogma and blind faith from hijacking the day to day working of governments.
# space
Planck has given us more precise measurements of how the universe works, but mostly confirms what we know.
# tech
How a joke in poor taste exploded into an ever-escalating firestorm of recriminations and tit-for-tats.
# oddities
You can try to convince fervent conspiracy theorists that they're wrong, or you could do something more productive, like talking to a brick wall.
# tech
Big Think's informative and educational Q&A feature once again produces answers that fail to inform or educate.
# sex
The Family Research Council, without a hint of sarcasm or whiff of hyperbole to make some point, wants the government to outlaw the sale of birth control to unmarried couples.
# tech
What do radical Mexican environmental activists call a nuclear war followed by a totalitarian dictatorship? A good start.
