MrsVox wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I was worried Easter was this weekend or next cause Easter candy has been available in stores for a few weeks now.

April 24th? Jeez that's a late Easter.

According to Vox, it pretty much can't be later. It's also weird because the last two years were pretty early.

Bucky wrote:

MrsVox wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I was worried Easter was this weekend or next cause Easter candy has been available in stores for a few weeks now.

April 24th? Jeez that's a late Easter.

According to Vox, it pretty much can't be later. It's also weird because the last two years were pretty early.

Wait 'til 2038. April 25

Easter is the first Sunday following the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox (first day of spring).

....Building models is very different from proclaiming truths. It's a never-ending process of discovery and refinement, not a war to win or destination to reach. Uncertainty is intrinsic to the process of finding out what you don't know, not a weakness to avoid. Bugs are features — violations of expectations are opportunities to refine them. And decisions are made by evaluating what works better, not by invoking received wisdom.

These are familiar aspects of the work of any scientist, or baby....

[If all schools taught their pupils how to do a double-blind control experiment], [w]e would learn how extremely difficult it is to eliminate subjective bias, and that subjective bias does not imply dishonesty or venality of any kind. This lesson goes deeper. It has the salutary effect of undermining respect for authority, and respect for personal opinion.

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drsmooth wrote:A great question, presentation of the many intriguing responses to which has been horribly bungled