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HalfMooner
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 Posted - 01/08/2009 : 13:20:33
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Name these ten mixed-up people, some living, some dead, all of whom are to various degrees important to critical thinking (none of them are PZ Myers, as his name, in its best known form, produces no anagrams):
1. Ships her hectic thorn
2. Anal scrag
3. Sandwich rid ark
4. Dental dentine
5. I film loco macaw
6. Go teen cuties
7. As via mosaic
8. I be stab him
9. Sir Ashram
10. Cranial shrewd
Answers (highlight the following):
1. Ships her hectic thorn = Christopher Hitchens
2. Anal scrag = Carl Sagan
3. Sandwich rid ark = Richard Dawkins
4. Dental dentine = Daniel Dennett
5. I film loco macaw = William of Occam
6. Go teen cuties = Eugenie Scott
7. As via mosaic = Isaac Asimov
8. I be stab him = Abbie Smith
9. Sir Ashram = Sam Harris
10. Cranial shrewd = Charles Darwin
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 01/08/2009 13:33:36
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 20:42:06 [Permalink]
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Man, Dave, these are a lot harder for me to break than make!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 20:47:37 [Permalink]
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Okay:
I milk ID, slam Web = William Dembski (sweet!)
A leech be him = Michael Behe (accurate!)
Rise and jam = James Randi (hoo-rah!)
"Lenten nerd pal" is giving me problems.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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| Edited by - HalfMooner on 01/08/2009 21:33:18 |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 23:06:06 [Permalink]
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Finally worked it out. Will read your hint later:
Lenten nerd pal = Penn and Teller (tricky!) |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 10:47:43 [Permalink]
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This time, I will leave the problems unanswered for a bit.
The following are all skeptics. Some of these may be harder than before, as a few are less known, and some have longer names.
1. Your hind hair
2. Mine jam hyena
3. Banana-paved Mars
4. Ah, I'll tip Pip
5. Ma gave a sad
6. Strep rehab tent
7. Old crab told terror
8. A randy nun
9. Mad, errant Ring
10. Oops, mislaid room
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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| Edited by - HalfMooner on 01/09/2009 12:57:54 |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 14:57:12 [Permalink]
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Here are the ones I got so far. I'm using the spoiler so the list will be invisible unless you want it spoiled for you. They are also in the order that I figured them out:
4. Phil Plait
1. Harry Houdini
5. Adam Savage
7. Robert Todd Carrol
8. Ann Druyan
6. Stephen Barrett
2. Jamie Hyneman
I still haven't gotten these, but I'm working on them:
3. Banana-paved Mars
9. Mad, errant Ring
10. Oops, mislaid room
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 01/09/2009 : 15:44:48 [Permalink]
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Two more:
3. Basava Premanand
10. Massimo Polidoro
I just need:
9. Mad, errant Ring
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 15:49:01 [Permalink]
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Nice work, Kil! I was much slower, with Dave's. You're sure to get that last one.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 16:01:22 [Permalink]
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Got it. And what is weird is the persons name kept jumping into my head and I couldn't make it fit, like I had a blind spot or something. I kept looking over to my bookcase and there it was. Here it is:
9. Martin Gardner
Whew!!! And that should have been an easy one. May I do something productive now?
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 17:08:05 [Permalink]
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I had the same problem with that one from Dave which had more than one person's name. I saw both names from time to time, but some mind-freeze kept me from putting it together, and I instead kept trying something "fresh."
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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