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Porque há limites a partir dos quais um homem se sente sujo.ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-60194308436918605642013-06-14T11:23:00.001+01:002013-06-14T11:23:01.459+01:00Tempo de reactivar esta coisa.ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-61581348297383467362011-07-25T21:36:00.001+01:002011-07-25T21:39:14.510+01:00Ciência patológica e pseudociência<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>427</o:Words> <o:characters>2434</o:Characters> <o:company>abritosa</o:Company> <o:lines>20</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>4</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>2989</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">O conceito de "ciência patológica", <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_science"><span style="color:#0E66AF">como definido por Langmuir:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(8, 86, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; ">Pathological science, as defined by Langmuir, is a psychological process in which a scientist, originally conforming to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method"><span style="color:#0E66AF; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">scientific method</span></a>, unconsciously veers from that method, and begins a pathological process of wishful data interpretation (see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer-expectancy_effect"><span style="color:#0E66AF;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Observer-expectancy effect</span></a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias"><span style="color:#0E66AF; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">cognitive bias</span></a>). Some characteristics of pathological science are:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_science#cite_note-bauer2002-4"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;color:#0E66AF;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none">[5]</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:1.0pt; margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:11.0pt 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">▪<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#085600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The maximum effect that is observed is produced by a causative agent of barely detectable intensity, and the magnitude of the effect is substantially independent of the intensity of the cause.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:1.0pt; margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:11.0pt 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; 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margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:11.0pt 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">▪<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#085600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Criticisms are met by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc"><span style="color:#0E66AF; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">ad hoc</span></a> excuses.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri; 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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The ratio of supporters to critics rises and then falls gradually to oblivion.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; ">O conceito de pseudociência <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience"><span style="color:#0E66AF">discutido em grande pormenor</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; ">:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#085600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Pseudoscience</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;color:#085600;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> is a claim, belief, or practice which is presented as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science"><span style="color:#0E66AF; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">scientific</span></a>, but which does not adhere to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Validity"><span style="color:#0E66AF;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">valid</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method"><span style="color:#0E66AF; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">scientific method</span></a>, lacks supporting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_evidence"><span style="color:#0E66AF;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">evidence</span></a> or plausibility, cannot be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_(statistics)"><span style="color:#0E66AF;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">reliably</span></a> tested, or otherwise lacks scientific status.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience#cite_note-0"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;color:#0E66AF;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none">[1]</span></a> Pseudoscience is often characterized by the use of vague, exaggerated or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability"><span style="color:#0E66AF;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">unprovable claims</span></a>, an over-reliance on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias"><span style="color:#0E66AF; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">confirmation</span></a> rather than rigorous attempts at refutation, a lack of openness to evaluation by other experts, and a general absence of systematic processes to rationally develop theories.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#085600;mso-ansi-language: EN-US">A field, practice, or body of knowledge can reasonably be called pseudoscientific when it is presented as consistent with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_(sociology)"><span style="color:#0E66AF; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">norms</span></a> of scientific research; but it demonstrably fails to meet these norms.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience#cite_note-Cover_Curd_1998-1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;color:#0E66AF">[2</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-37941535361221794472011-06-24T22:45:00.002+01:002011-06-24T22:46:45.395+01:00Um anjo regressou ao céu<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LEGAk32wkV0/TgUFu5jZreI/AAAAAAAAA5s/mKGq45vq59I/s1600/ganz-falk.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LEGAk32wkV0/TgUFu5jZreI/AAAAAAAAA5s/mKGq45vq59I/s320/ganz-falk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621906013123358178" /></a>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-21030953956974285362011-02-10T15:17:00.005+00:002011-02-10T15:29:03.177+00:00Mais de 1800 páginas<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PPpMlIRokWs/TVQDKWkzOVI/AAAAAAAAApE/6qs4PuPForE/s1600/vecelliotiziano_sisyphus.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 294px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572082115357653330" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PPpMlIRokWs/TVQDKWkzOVI/AAAAAAAAApE/6qs4PuPForE/s320/vecelliotiziano_sisyphus.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em>Ticiano: Sísifo (Museu do Prado) </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em><br /></em></span>...para ler e classificar numa semana. Depois, duas semanas de provas tão extenuantes para quem avalia como para quem é avaliado. Em países civilizados o problema é arrumado em duas horas. Todos ao mesmo tempo.<br /><br /><div align="justify">Ainda temos de crescer muito em termos de civilização.</div>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-75958431885647587442011-02-04T22:46:00.003+00:002011-02-04T22:57:17.729+00:00Contra a iliteracia científicaAmanhã vou engolir um frasco inteiro de água. Ou comer umas pastilhas de açúcar. <a href="http://1023portugal.wordpress.com/">Para o caso tanto faz.</a>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-77905543535995250312011-01-28T15:40:00.000+00:002011-01-28T15:41:29.974+00:00Coisas que não lembram ao diaboChamar a uma filha <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; "><strong>Lyonce Viiktórya.</strong></span>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-58407072846859503712011-01-24T19:09:00.002+00:002011-01-24T19:15:07.852+00:00O "Público" passou-se<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#454545;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; "><p class="author" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: -1px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 1.3em !important; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); display: inline-block; zoom: 1; line-height: 1.3em; "><a href="http://www.publico.pt/Ciências/cientista-estima-que-24-de-janeiro-e-o-dia-mais-deprimente-do-ano_1476803">Fórmula matemática concebida por investigador da Universidade de Cardiff</a></p><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 2.1em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 103, 134); line-height: 1em; cursor: default; "><a href="http://www.publico.pt/Ciências/cientista-estima-que-24-de-janeiro-e-o-dia-mais-deprimente-do-ano_1476803">Cientista estima que 24 de Janeiro é o dia mais deprimente do ano</a></h2></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#454545;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#454545;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Os jornalistas do Público estão com ressaca pós-eleitoral? Esta notícia é um disparate requentado: resulta de uma campanha publicitária da agência de viagens britânica Sky Travel de 2004 ou 2005, não me recordo bem. O Ben Goldacre, que não me canso de citar, <a href="http://www.badscience.net/2006/12/mediaslut-ideas-money-corporatewhore/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">bem lhe deu na cabeça</span></a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#454545;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#454545;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">O que preocupa é ver um jornal do nível do "Público" a publicar <i>bullshit</i> deste calibre.</span></span></div>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-43605260597251873872011-01-24T14:28:00.001+00:002011-01-24T14:29:47.188+00:00Problemas? Nós não temos problemas.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal bold 30px/33px arial; width: 600px; "><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/afghan.opium.kids/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Afghan infants fed pure opium</span></a></h1></span>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-60162311527974393662010-12-23T23:19:00.003+00:002010-12-23T23:24:12.716+00:00O efeito nocebo à velocidade da luz - bom inglês essencial<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O1Q3jZw4FGs?fs=1&hl=pt_PT"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O1Q3jZw4FGs?fs=1&hl=pt_PT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-73883890999964108672010-12-17T23:36:00.001+00:002010-12-17T23:38:53.047+00:00Bad Science - Revisão de 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WBbvxRleakw/TQv0fln3DTI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/fVJMizMnXpQ/s1600/frankenstein.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 130px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WBbvxRleakw/TQv0fln3DTI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/fVJMizMnXpQ/s320/frankenstein.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551799789176687922" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sensacional revisão da pseudociência e outras tretas no Reino Unido. Pode ser lida no <a href="http://www.badscience.net/2010/12/the-year-in-nonsense-2/#more-1901"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">blog do Ben Goldacre</span></a> ou no <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/17/bad-science-review-of-the-year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Guardian</span></a>, conforme os gostos. Links em abundância. Diversão e muita aprendizagem garantida.</div></span>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-88796261148061041612010-12-17T07:52:00.005+00:002010-12-17T23:52:27.726+00:00A importância disto não pode ser sobrestimada<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.publico.pt/Ciências/medicos-alemaes-declaram-cura-de-vih-em-paciente-apos-transplante-de-medula-ossea_1471250">Médicos alemães declaram cura de VIH em paciente após transplante de medula óssea</a></span></span>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-76124893291246593172010-12-13T21:24:00.000+00:002010-12-13T21:25:15.306+00:00Eu vi o Elvis num prato de esparguete<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><h1 class="t2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 30px; line-height: 35px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.ionline.pt/conteudo/93548-investigador-italiano-descobre-mensagens-ocultas-nos-olhos-mona-lisa">Investigador italiano descobre "mensagens ocultas" nos olhos de Mona Lisa</a></h1></span>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-7466473896315144682010-11-14T22:59:00.001+00:002010-11-14T23:03:00.446+00:00Henryk Górecki 1933-2010O obituário continua. Oiça-se a sua música.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GT-fogvEMTs?fs=1&hl=pt_PT&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GT-fogvEMTs?fs=1&hl=pt_PT&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-43049119755778986332010-11-10T00:37:00.002+00:002010-11-10T00:40:09.687+00:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R7n71pm0K04?fs=1&hl=pt_PT"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R7n71pm0K04?fs=1&hl=pt_PT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-78087167316072321962010-11-08T08:36:00.003+00:002010-11-08T08:40:24.374+00:00<div style="text-align: justify;">No Expresso deste fim de semana, um qualquer jovem <i>techno-geek</i> dizia qualquer coisa como "quem não está no Facebook não existe", ou algo assim. Esta dicotomia é curiosa, e muitos hão-de arengar sobre ela. Quanto ao <i>techno-geek</i>, esse, apenas me dá pena, coitado. Sofre de cegueira selectiva, uma doença nem sempre tratável, sobretudo quando o paciente não se quer tratar.</div>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-39579177335550485842010-10-21T21:51:00.002+01:002010-10-21T21:53:01.430+01:00João LóioNum tempo de imbecilidade avulsas em MySpaces , Youtubes e que tais, ouvir João Lóio devia fazer parte do programa da escola primária.<div><br /></div><div>Não dou links. Procurem-no, se acham que o merecem.</div>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-71388394613133781942010-10-13T07:58:00.002+01:002010-10-13T08:01:21.150+01:00As metáforas vão ser mais que muitas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WBbvxRleakw/TLVZK4wHUzI/AAAAAAAAAnM/-onS95gsWGA/s1600/Mamani-001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WBbvxRleakw/TLVZK4wHUzI/AAAAAAAAAnM/-onS95gsWGA/s320/Mamani-001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527422161234907954" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-4443722472934217062010-10-11T22:38:00.002+01:002010-10-11T22:42:45.208+01:00Este blog parece um obituário<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6NKL6hE3Szs?fs=1&hl=pt_PT"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6NKL6hE3Szs?fs=1&hl=pt_PT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-414628479894313832010-09-16T07:48:00.001+01:002010-09-16T07:49:26.194+01:00Ok, já tirei aquele mono preto ali do lado. Agora tenho de procurar uma fonte de som decente.ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-17685934834224826042010-09-13T07:56:00.003+01:002010-09-15T23:55:04.656+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Sei que tenho andado muito calado. A verdade é que não me apetece escrever. Nada do que vejo ou ouço parece justificar o trabalho. Ainda ontem via na televisão uns políticos com ar muito emocionado a darem abraços uns aos outros e tudo aquilo me parecia uma confrangedora encenação, um circo pobre e decadente de um bando de desgraçados a tentarem dar a ideia de que o que fazem importa.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Percebi entretanto que a música aqui ao lado terá crashado. A ver se cuido disto um dia destes. A hora, agora, é de trabalho.</div>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-66921564673500414012010-07-02T21:16:00.003+01:002010-07-02T21:18:22.113+01:00Dignidade<a href="http://diasquevoam.blogspot.com/2010/07/paulo-nozolino.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Paulo Nozolino recusa Prémio AICA/MC.</span></a>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-9976117273417698202010-06-29T22:29:00.003+01:002010-06-29T22:31:36.283+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>"If you think research is expensive, try diseas</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>e."</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lasker"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Mary Lasker</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> (1900-1994)</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Com o meu agradecimento ao PG pela referência.</span></span></div>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346997200556544968.post-32866315286141559342010-06-25T19:51:00.003+01:002010-06-25T19:54:27.295+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Vou mudar de opinião sobre o futebol, nomeadamente sobre os jogos da selecção nacional. Devia haver mais. Deviam, sobretudo, decorrer quando preciso me deslocar de automóvel, em Lisboa. Por exemplo, às sextas feiras. Parecia domingo à tarde. Daqueles domingos paradinhos. Circulei como há muito não circulava. Que beleza...</div>ABShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317154465875725749noreply@blogger.com0