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Reading between the lines, my impression is that Stephen Hawking doesn't really expect the experiment to fail, rather, he wants to illustrate that he won't be disappointed if it does. I have a feeling that this "bet" is intended to highlight an important aspect of science, and it's my...

So it looks like TS1234 stuck his head out of his hole today, but didn't want anyone to notice him. Too bad I'd already admitted defeat, but this does seem to indicate he has some means of finding out what's going on here, otherwise, how could he have known to PM The Almond? Oh, and I'll post...

Many of you have seen newcomer, CT-adherent TruthSeeker1234's thread, linked here, wherein he promises to pay $1000 to "anyone" who will debate him, defending the scientific theory of WTC 1, 2, and 7 collapse. Several people have accepted the challenge. The terms originally were quite clear...

Check this out. It does not appear to be a scam. It also does not rise to the level of an investment at this point; simply put it's a bet and says so. So, would you bet any $ on the survival of a democratic Iraq?? I'm thinking of doing it with some small amount just as a curiosity and to see if...

I'm surprised nobody has posted about this yet and in fact I'm so surprised that I'm guessing there's been a thread about it that I've missed. There has been a public bet made about the average price of a barrell of oil in the year 2010. Matthew Simmons (who has some oil connection but I'm not...

According to tonight's London Evening Standard, Saddam, handcuffed and in chains, will make a symbolic court appearance before a Baghdad judge to hear his arrest warrant read to him within the next few days to mark the handover of his custody from US to Iraqi control. Would anyone care to bet on...