July 2010
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My boyfriend thinks I talk too much →
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on readers’ problems. This week: Incessant chatter
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Not just a high →
Scientists test medicinal marijuana against MS, inflammation and cancer
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How facts backfire
Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains
By Joe Keohane | July 11, 2010 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?page=1
It’s one of the great assumptions underlying modern democracy that an informed citizenry is preferable to an uninformed one. “Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government,”...
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The Muslim women jailed for 'bad character' →
This is what Islam needs if it is to survive ie. increasing numbers of ‘rebellious’ women, which will force it to reform (like every other sensible religion has done).
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Forget your worries with religious zealotry →
When animals are made to feel anxious and frustrated, they often turn to displacement activities – goals which may be irrelevant, but which they can at least achieve. Rats may run so eagerly on wheels that they starve themselves to death. Dogs may lick themselves so repetitively that they develop skin lesions. But what do humans do?
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Reluctance to Let Go →
A fantastic article directly related to the Carl Sagan video below
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How to Fix a Scratched CD →
While commercial CD repair kits and CD refinishing machines are available, you may be able to repair the damage on your own with products you already have.
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Study challenges belief that it's marriage that... →
Thinktank argues that age, income and education are much more important for stability in relationships
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Explaining Religion (EXREL) Project →
Where does religious thought come from? Happily, we will soon find out.
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Anti-theism →
“Anti-theism is active and vocal opposition to belief in gods of any sort and to institutions built around belief in a deity. Anti-theists are not passive atheists; they delight in atheism and delight in exposing the errors, absurdities, and pretensions of theists”
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Lower IQs found in disease-rife countries,... →
