Tag: modern civilization
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Falling overboard, praying, opening a... brewery?!?
A man fell over the sea. Alone in a storm, thought he was going to die. In his darkest hour he prayed. And he promised that if he was spared, he would... open his own business! [1] What?!? Is THAT normal? Is THAT what you will be promising to do if you are saved in…
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Being advanced... Being stupid...
Modern children have all the technology at the tip of their fingers. They have instant access to vast amounts of knowledge. [1] But they must give it up before it is too late. Because that thing to what they have access is not "knowledge". It is data. Knowledge is earned. Not read. If you do…
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Evil Sweden strikes back... (or: How to sterilize "inferior" people)
Sweden had (from 1920s to 1970s) the best eugenics program in the world (i.e. compulsory sterilization of metally diseased, inferior and/ or "impure" citizens et cetera). They even "taught" Hitler, who actually asked for a copy of their eugenics law for his Reich... Even though many other states had similar eugenica programs (including USA, Switzerland,…
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Keep up appearances you Family Guy!
Fox has pulled a recent episode of Family Guy from its websites that depicted people being run over by a car at the Boston Marathon. The television network says it has no plans to air it again soon. [1] Puting on a fake face so as to keep up appearances is of the uttermost importance in…
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God is dead, Philosophy is dead, Thought is dead...
Microsoft is working on an interactive whiteboard that aims to interpret users' sketches to complete the diagrams they were drawing. [1] It was about time! We have been thinking too much. Now that God is proclaimed dead, now that Philosophy is proclaimed dead as well, it was obvious what was next in line: Thought is…
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