the christian science monitor has a little quiz up: Sunni and Shiite Islam: Do you know the difference?
i sorta do. i got 3 wrong out of 19 — 84%. eh. =/
the three questions i didn’t know the answers to were:
12. The title Sayyid is used by members of which sect?
13. The name for which sect comes from the Arabic word for follower?
15. Which sect considers members of the other to be apostates?
you try! no cheating! (~_^)
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dennis has got a post up about the pew religion quiz (i got one wrong!!), so i thought i’d counter with the pew science knowledge quiz. (^_^) here’s how i did:
yay!
the quiz was very easy, tho. very.
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pew tells me i’m a libertarian:
libertarianism would be great! if the country was filled with mostly white folks.
(i am definitely not more moderate re. immigration than other gop groups!)
take the quiz: 2011 Pew Research Political Typology Quiz
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answer over here.
did you get it right? (i did! i did!) (^_^)
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more genUine science being done online! really!
how musical are you? over @the beeb.
apparently i’m pretty musical even tho i never got past the recorder in 4th grade music class. but my “social creativity” is low. i coulda told ‘em that. (~_^)
take the test. go on! it’s fer SCIENCE! (^_^)
via parapundit:
“Forget Farmville, here’s a game that drives genetic research”
“Playing online can mean more than killing time, thanks to a new game developed by a team of bioinformaticians at McGill University. Now, players can contribute in a fun way to genetic research. ‘There are some calculations that the human brain does more efficiently than any computer can, such as recognizing a face,’ explained lead researcher Dr. Jérôme Waldispuhl of the School of Computer Science. ‘Recognizing and sorting the patterns in the human genetic code falls in that category. Our new online game enables players to have fun while contributing to genetic research – players can even choose which genetic disease they want to help decode.’ The game is called Phylo….”
awsomesauce!
play it HERE.
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rate sexy or (ewww!) unsexy bodies/faces @ bodyLab, UNSW.
(and they get PAID to do this research!)
