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Comment by Jaume on August 19, 2009 at 7:01pm

Because the Elves forged these rings themselves (they were not tainted by Sauron's hand).
The Mages and Balrogs were all Maiar. As well as many more listed in the Silmarillion.

Found this in Wikipedia: the Rings of Power, Elven Rings, Maiar

Comment by Jaume on August 19, 2009 at 2:29pm

Didn't see the movies, but according to the books:
1) Sauron was a Maia (plur. Maiar), a kind of lesser deity - just like good ole Gandalf.
2) IIRC the Dwarven rings were buried with their owners. The Elven rings were still in possession of Galadriel, Elrond and what-his-name, the Lord of that haven in the far west.

Comment by Aiden on August 19, 2009 at 12:55pm

FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD: a Chapter from The History of Science by Dr. Michael Shermer

This is one of Dr. Michael Shermer’s finest college courses that he taught in his 20-year tenure as a college professor, presenting his sweeping visage of science, its history, philosophy, and impact, particularly over the past 500 years. In this free audio download of Lecture 1, Dr. Shermer answers the questions What is History? What is Science? and What is the History of Science? Along the way he shows that the facts never just speak for themselves but must be interpreted through hypotheses, theories, models, paradigms, and even worldviews, and that science is a social process conducted by people with a host of cognitive biases, and how this fact led to the development of a rigorous scientific method to help avoid these psychological shortcomings to our observations and conclusions.

Comment by Friend of Dorothy on August 15, 2009 at 8:33am

Off the political for just a second, I have recently discovered James Rollins and am starting "Doomsday Key", talk about a exciting romp, with a touch of sci-fi. His writing style has enough twists and turns to make James Patterson grin. If high speed action, meaty characters and surprise endings are your thing, this Author dishes it all up in a neat package.

Comment by It's just Matt on August 14, 2009 at 6:36pm

If anyone is interested and does not care about piracy, I have a very good speed reading program (EyeQ) that I can transfer via instant messenger. I have AIM,YIM, and Windows messenger, let me know if you are interested.

Note: The reviews on Amazon are not favorable mainly because the American company that has rights to this Japanese program has horrible customer service. IE damaged discs, discs never came, people charged for discs they never received...so if you are interested but your moral compass is sitting on the fence, they have screwed more people over than a few users not paying the overpriced amount of 200 US for their program.

Comment by Aiden on August 12, 2009 at 10:07am

No, I didn't know about that group. Is it specifically centered around the book you mentioned, or just propaganda in general?

Comment by Aiden on August 12, 2009 at 10:00am

Glenn Branch reviews But Is It Science? The Philosophical Question in the Creation/Evolution Controversy. (Updated edition, edited by Robert T. Pennock and Michael Ruse).

Comment by Aiden on August 12, 2009 at 9:59am

Dallas, if that's the kind of book you like to read, you'd probably love Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say by Douglas Rushkoff.

That book really opened my eyes to the many methods of coercion, especially marketing techniques using sounds and smells. I can't walk into a store or watch a commercial advertisement without my mind racing through the things I learned from Rushkoff.

Comment by Aiden on August 12, 2009 at 9:52am

FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD: a Chapter from Science Friction by Dr. Michael Shermer

In a collection of essays, Dr. Michael Shermer explores the difference between the known and the unknown, and between science and pseudoscience, covering a wide range of topics with the common theme of how we know anything is true. In this free audio download from Chapter 1 of Science Friction, Dr. Shermer recounts his experiences as a psychic for a day, in which he pretended to be a psychic, astrologer, palm reader, and tarot card reader for a television show. He convinced a number of people that he could actually talk to their dead loved ones, read their astrological chart or palms, and divine their future through tarot cards. Dr. Shermer explains the process of cold reading, in which through tried-and-true techniques you can convince almost anyone that you have genuine psychic powers.

Comment by Aiden on August 12, 2009 at 9:43am

Michael E. O’Reilly reviews Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get Duped and How to Avoid it by Stephen Greenspan.

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