{"id":5284,"date":"2010-12-22T10:45:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T10:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/12\/22\/science-on-the-tree-2010-squir\/"},"modified":"2010-12-22T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T10:45:21","slug":"science-on-the-tree-2010-squir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/12\/22\/science-on-the-tree-2010-squir\/","title":{"rendered":"Science on the Tree 2010: Squirrels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next up in our series of science-themed Christmas ornaments is this squirrel:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/467\/files\/2012\/04\/i-dce6543ffaa3a4d8e9f81b052eca3062-sm_squirrel.jpg\" alt=\"i-dce6543ffaa3a4d8e9f81b052eca3062-sm_squirrel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A reminder that you can&#8217;t trust those furry little bastards&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What do squirrels have to do with science? As Emmy (and any other dog) will tell you, squirrels are representatives of all that is evil and twisted. And, unfortunately, science is just as plagued by evil hucksters as any other human endeavor. There are evil squirrels all over the place, telling you that quantum measurement lets you think your way to immortality, or nonsensical phony quantum states are the key to infinite free energy, or any of a thousand other scams masquerading as science.<\/p>\n<p>So, when you go out and explore the world of science, be vigilant, and watch out for evil squirrels. They can be identified by the fact that they&#8217;re asking you for money, and that their claims sound too good to be true (because they&#8217;re not true). If you see one, feel free to bark at them until they run away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next up in our series of science-themed Christmas ornaments is this squirrel: A reminder that you can&#8217;t trust those furry little bastards&#8230; What do squirrels have to do with science? As Emmy (and any other dog) will tell you, squirrels are representatives of all that is evil and twisted. And, unfortunately, science is just as&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/12\/22\/science-on-the-tree-2010-squir\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Science on the Tree 2010: Squirrels<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pictures","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}