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There once was a man named John who lived in a place called A.  The country of A was a rather dreary place.  Some 200 years ago, a majority of the people of A decided that they should be able to impose their will upon a minority of citizens for the good of all....
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In light of the recent shootings, I suppose I have a duty to provide some gun control commentary. A poster on the libertarian Reddit boards had this to say: I will make the concession that restricting access to guns in a society that is already brimming with guns is ridiculously stupid. It’s too late...
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The end of days is close at hand, so sayeth the prophets of the Mayan Calendar. Will the end come from a meteor strike? A nuclear holocaust? A deadly viral outbreak? For some reason, I doubt it. However, there is another group of prophets who have been quietly predicting a different kind of doom...
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I’ve argued in the past that logic demonstrates conscious awareness is non-local to the brain, but I haven’t really delved too deeply into what this implies.  In this article, I’d like to consider some of the ramifications of a non-local consciousness.  As a brief refresher for those who haven’t read my previous article, the...
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Fox News Denver recently did a story on the effects of driving high on cannabis.  In the process of doing the story, they had people drive a video game simulator to test the effects of impairment.  However, Fox rigged the driving simulator to force crashes so they could bias the story against cannabis users....
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You have to love the Onion. Read more.
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A 2010 study: According to the World Health Organization, the cases of death caused by cancer will have been doubled until the year 2030. By 2010, cancer is expected to be the number one cause of death. Therefore, it is necessary to explore novel approaches for the treatment of cancer. Over past years, the...
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Harvard trained historian Tom Woods explains the real story behind Shay’s rebellion.
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This is one of the most compelling documentaries on the subject I’ve come across.  The author connects all the dots between the people in power, big business and the physical evidence.
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It may surprise you to learn that the speed of gravity is something of an ongoing debate among many cosmologists today.  The textbook answer to the question, “what is the speed of gravity?” is that it propagates at the speed of light.  This answer is derived from Einstein’s version of relativity, which demands that...
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