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What love is.
I'm going to write about love. People (especially younger people- This is for them) can take it or leave it but I really hope that at least someone out there would listen and take in even a small bit of what I say because this is really important ( Read more... ) -
The sham that is memetics
Memetics is a sham model. It does not reflect reality. Memetics assumes boundaries around memes where there is NONE. There is no real boundary because how each supposed meme is "seen" by each mind is subjective in nature. Pseduo-science. "Memeticists" can pump out all kinds of numbers based on this sham model. -
Workers rendered obsolete by the relentless speed of machines
There's something brain-dead about automation. It is the process in which intellect is REMOVED from tasks, and not inserted. We are not competing intellectually with machines- We are competing with the removal of intellect. -
The extremists DO get all the airtime
Remember how I've said numerous times in the past that extremists get all the airtime?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/us/gun-owners-arent-always-gun-lovers.html -
Scientifically proven: The less you know, the more you think you know
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Kruger and Dunning set out to test these hypotheses on Cornell undergraduates in various psychology courses. In a series of studies, they examined the subjects' self-assessment of logical reasoning ( Read more... ) -
Fiscal Cliff deal benefits top 2% of Americans
It doesn't matter who the heck you vote for, everything stays the same ( Read more... ) -
Are people BORN assholes and dicks?
Great article.
http://jezebel.com/5903254/are-you-a-dick-on-purpose-or-were-you-just-born-that-way
"On the one hand, I think that moving our collective thinking away from "nurture" and closer to "nature" can benefit people who are ( Read more... )
