The Fount of Useless Information
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The Hot and Cold of Priming
Psychologists are divided on whether unnoticed cues can influence behavior
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/340408/title/The_Hot_and_Cold_of_Priming
This is an interesting idea, though it appears to be a bit challenging to reproduce. I am dubious about a lot of social …
I was reading this article:
Surveillance State democracy
As the FBI seeks full access to all forms of Internet communication, it is not voters who need to be convinced
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/06/surveillance_state_democracy/
when I was reminded of one of my favorite books …
Republican fear factor
Conservatives’ paranoid alternate-reality can be explained by their brain chemistry — and their media choices
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/republican_fear_factor_salpart/
It helps to understand how people think, even if the act of understanding them sometimes gives you a headache. Some people …
Seattle Attorney Andrew Basiago Claims U.S. Sent Him On Time Travels
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/andrew-basiago-seattle-attorney-time-travels_n_1438216.html
For those of you needing your conspiracy theory fix, here we have definitive proof that our government has been practicing time travel for decades. There is NO OTHER …
5 Ways to Spot a B.S. Political Story in Under 10 Seconds
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-to-spot-b.s.-political-story-in-under-10-seconds
I highly recommend reading the whole article, but for those of you too busy (or lazy) to read it, here are the highlights…
#5. The Headline Contains …
Behind the Right’s Phony War on the Nonexistent Religion of Secularism
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/behind-the-rights-phony-war-on-the-nonexistent-religion-of-secularism-20120425
This quote kind of says it all:
…“Mothers have long observed that after the first child starts school, the rest of the family starts catching more colds and
Thinking can undermine religious faith, study finds
Those who think more analytically are less inclined to be religious believers than are those who tend to follow a gut instinct, researchers conclude.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-religion-analytical-thinking-20120427,0,5374010.story
Something sure to rile up the religious right, …
Rethinking the War on Drugs
Prohibition and legalization aren’t our only choices when it comes to drugs. Proven programs can greatly reduce the harm caused by hard-core users—and reduce our prison population, too.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303425504577353754196169014.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
WTF is up with this WordPress …
That my student loans are all federally backed and thus have tightly fixed interest rates…
Protesters’ new front
Americans have finally awakened to the decades-long corruption of higher education
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/protesters_furious_new_front/
I am very familiar with the inability to bankrupt student …
Cybersecurity bills aim to prevent ‘digital Pearl Harbor’
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/23/technology/cybersecurity-bills/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
This is a serious conundrum and one that is difficult to resolve. Our nation’s electronic infrastructure is indeed under constant (largely successful) attack and there is no doubt in my mind …