Since I blogged on autism recently I figured I would toss this one out to my reader(s):
Grandparents ‘may relay autism risk to grandchildren’
The risk of developing autism may be passed on through – and not just to – …
Category: Society
Will you be next?
Will I be next? Our police state is working diligently to eliminate any sort of questioning of its actions. This is a critical issue to regaining our freedom as a representative democracy (if you think we live in one now …
Shocking! Autism nearly doubles in 5 years!
One in 50 School-Aged Children in U.S. Has Autism: CDC
Significant increase in the prevalence of the condition over the past five years, researchers say
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/03/20/one-in-50-school-aged-children-in-us-has-autism-cdc
Personally I find this report totally bogus on a number of fronts. That the …
Well, Duh!
The Internet is a surveillance state
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/16/opinion/schneier-internet-surveillance/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
I kinda doubt this is news to any of my reader(s), but there is no privacy any more. Even if you want to live in a shack in the wilderness like the Unibomber …
DSM-V
Are we over-diagnosing mental illness?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/16/health/mental-illness-overdiagnosis/index.html?hpt=hp_bn13
‘Normal’ is continually redefined by society. However, society’s mental illness is now being defined by for-profit organizations who stand to make billions of dollars by having ‘normal’ defined in such a way that the …
Too big to fail about to be addressed?
Live-Blogging Senate Hearing Tomorrow, When J.P. Morgan Chase Will Be Torn a New One
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/live-blogging-senate-hearing-tomorrow-when-j-p-morgan-chase-will-be-torn-a-new-one-20130314
I have complained off and on about this idiotic ‘too big to fail’ crap for years (now we have “too big to jail” …
Success happens when you have a coincidence of talent, resources, and timing
Management/Success/Leadership: Mostly Bullshit
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/managementsuccessleadership_mostly_bullshit/
Scott Adams sometimes has very thought provoking things to say. Sometimes it is just bla bla bla (I am quite guilty of the same), but, as is said, the broken clock is right twice a day, …
Robots with brains in the cloud?
Web-based ‘brain’ for robots goes live
Robots confused about what they encounter in the world of humans can now get help online.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21714191
Well, I am sad to say I didn’t see this one coming. It makes sense, though, and …
Social security ‘fixes’ hurt the most needy
Social Security, Life Expectancy, and Income Inequality
http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/social-security-life-expectancy-and-income-inequality/
Prior to reading the article above (though the thoughts had been percolating for a while), I was a strong proponent of increasing the retirement age for social security. “Everyone knows” that life …
So what is normal?
Global warming is epic, long-term study says
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/08/world/world-climate-change/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Something is really funky on my web server these last couple of days. I am not sure what the problem is, but my provider has cleverly made it nearly impossible to get …