This is an awesome idea.
A hard, realist perspective on attacking Iran
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Has science been corrupted inextricably? -
This is an eye-opening article regarding the corruption of scientific research in many fields, but particularly in the medical, psychiatric, pharmaceutical and agricultural sciences (if you can call psychiatry a science).
A recent report by the Union of Concerned Scientists says…[s]cience has been corrupted. All too often, its master is not the search for truth, but is the industries that use a wide range of subtle and not-so-subtle techniques to get the results they want. Science has become Pseudo Science.
From the original paper:
Unfortunately, censorship of scientists and the manipulation, distortion, and suppression of scientific information has threatened the federal scientific enterprise in recent years.
There are a great deal more specifics in the article itself. It’s worth a read.
“You know the flying car the future promised us? Two different companies — one in the United States and one in Netherlands — announced yesterday that they had just completed first flights in two vehicles that could become the first commercially available flying cars.” — After Two Test Flights, The Race Toward A Flying Car Is On (via npr)
Yes!
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This is awe inspiring. (via BBC News - Picture captures a billion stars)
Presidential power, explained -
This is quite an illuminating article about the presidency of the U.S. Voters would do well to read it.
“Spectatorism is very great in our modern society. Because some people cannot conceive of causing[italicized] anything, they just watch it. They don’t do[italicized] anything. They are not PARTICIPANTS. They are spectators. You see this in magazines. Hee hee hee articles about how odd this is or that is. No understanding of it. It’s just odd and one watches it in a detached sort of way. Below this is somebody who doesn’t even notice. Such a person has to come up scale just to be a spectator.” — LRH (1969)” — No TV in Our House | Scientology Parent (via scientologyparent)
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Help stop the bloodshed in Syria -
Join the call to the Arab League to put a stop to Assad and his murderous regime.
This is great stuff. Even if it’s a bit esoteric. (xkcd: Good Cop, Dadaist Cop)