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    Image of Ethical journalism drives reform
    Ethical journalism drives reform
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    According to the Society of Professional Journalists, journalism is about providing "information in an accurate, comprehensive, timely and understandable manner." Sadly, in the mainstream media, jour...

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    Image of Selling politicians
    Selling politicians
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first thing to be bought and sold are legislators. - P.J. O'Rourke DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 4,...

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    Image of Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal
    Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "all governments are stupid" files, Italy brings us this: Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal ROME, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Italy's highest court of appeal affirmed the illegality of insu...

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    Image of The choice between two progressives - Obama and Ron Paul?
    The choice between two progressives - Obama and Ron Paul?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What a completely ridiculous statement, right? Calling Ron Paul a progressive? So why are some prominent progressives suggesting that Ron Paul is more progressive than Obama? Liberals and progress...

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    Image of Jesse Ventura, conspiracy theories, and 9/11
    Jesse Ventura, conspiracy theories, and 9/11
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Jesse Ventura did his latest conspiracy theory show on 9/11, something that's been a passion of his since the event. I've followed his interviews over the years and know he knows substantially more t...

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    Image of Most people don't vote
    Most people don't vote
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For those of you who refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils, take comfort in knowing that you're in the majority. Politicians are always claiming their wins indicate that "the people have spoken....

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    Image of Feeding the homeless banned
    Feeding the homeless banned
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Meanwhile, as people in Haiti continue to starve in a country "occupied" by 10,000 aid organizations under the government umbrella of the United Nations (an organization designed for war)... They're...

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    Image of Ayn Rand vs. Mike Wallace - liberty vs. collectivism
    Ayn Rand vs. Mike Wallace - liberty vs. collectivism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand warned us. She did it in her books such as Atlas Shrugged (and, to a certain extent, >The Fountainhead). She did it on TV such as in this famous interview between her and Mike Wallace on...

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    Image of The age of nanotechnology
    The age of nanotechnology
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Throughout history, machines, tools, devices, etc. have become smaller. But not until recently have we been able to see down to the lowest level - to that of the nano. With electron microscopes, nano...

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    Image of TIL all numbers do not equal all other numbers
    TIL all numbers do not equal all other numbers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned through math that Aristotle was correct on the law of identify (i.e., A = A), and that everything that exists does have a specific nature. Specifically, all numbers do not equal all o...

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    Image of Third-life
    Third-life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Do you think a virtual reality, or 'Matrix' is possible? Obviously the Matrix in the movie to replicate real world physics and a universe is far to complicated but something like a 'Third Life' kind...

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    Image of Environmental suicide
    Environmental suicide
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Contrary to what the United Nations does, Mother Earth doesn't have a conscience. She can't tell us which of her resources she wants us to save, which to take care of, and which to use. Ergo, how we...

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    Image of TIL a Kelo v. New London judge regrets his decision
    TIL a Kelo v. New London judge regrets his decision
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer is "sorry" for the way he voted in the infamous eminent domain Kelo v. New London case. In that case, the US Supreme Court aff...

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    Image of Unemployed? Work for free
    Unemployed? Work for free
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's the typical Catch-22. You can't get hired for a job because you have limited experience, and you can't get experience until you get a job. It appears there are many young people who are having ...

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    Image of The Great Hoax of Equality
    The Great Hoax of Equality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    History repeats itself. Men have constantly fought and died in the war for equality throughout the centuries. However, not all of them had in mind the same idea of equality when they gave their lives...

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    Image of A culture of dependence
    A culture of dependence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Have we become a culture of dependence? As far as we can see, the "producers" continue to support the "non-producers" instead of, say, "going on strike." Why do people generally think that they have...

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    Top 10 Cool Things to Do in Second Life - Braincrave intellectual discussions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Braincrave.com has been highlighted as one of the top 10 Cool Things to Do in Second Life for intellectual discussions! Of course, we're very honored and want to thank all of you who help us make...

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    Image of TIL of paper that can be erased and reused 260 times
    TIL of paper that can be erased and reused 260 times
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there is a "paper" in production that can be erased and reused 260 times and currently costs about $2.00/sheet. (And we all know that, just like with any technology, that price w...

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    Image of War powers and rebranded neoconservativism
    War powers and rebranded neoconservativism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Can we all agree that, no matter who it is, the US president does not have the legitimate power to bomb another nation without an act of Congress formally declaring war? Five wars have been declar...

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    Image of The ultimate intelligence test
    The ultimate intelligence test
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many have developed tests that attempt to gauge a person's intelligence. There are many high IQ societies that use these tests as membership criteria. However, as of yet, the "secret" of intelligence...

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    Image of Rules vs. principles
    Rules vs. principles
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Our current culture appears to revolve more around "dos and don'ts," which is to suggest that society appears more focused on rules of what you are and aren't allowed to do. With that premise, perha...

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    Image of What is freedom
    What is freedom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People always complain that freedom, self-rule, and/or anarchy are unworkable and too extreme. Why are any of those more radical or extreme than going into $14 trillion of debt, being in a permanent...

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    Image of Critical thinking
    Critical thinking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand wrote that the process of thinking "is the process of defining identity and discovering causal connections." She claimed that thinking is a choice - not an automatic function - and she admon...

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    Image of TIL condoms were made of linen
    TIL condoms were made of linen
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned condoms were originally made of linen and Casanova, the womanizer, called them "The English Overcoat." Who created the first colored condom? The Japanese, of course. (In other news, 8...

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    Image of Mind your own business
    Mind your own business
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    To claim that the US supports freedom (i.e., the absence of physical coercion) is nonsensical. Everything the US government does is anti-freedom. Take the situation in Egypt, for example. American ad...

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    A soldier's shame
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    US soldier holds flag protest sign: "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." Well put. Controversial? US Soldier Holds American Flag Protest Sign DISCUSS!...

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    Positive vs. accurate thinking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It is said that bad habits die hard. How many times have you read in someone's dating profile: "I'm a positive person?" How often have you told someone to "think positive?" Psychology suggests this m...

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    Quadrotor robots
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You've just got to love science... one of the great things about science fiction is how quickly it becomes non-fiction. Putting aside the potential for Skynet or I, Robot, imagine for a moment artifi...

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    Letting life take its course
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Although cutting edge research gives me reason for hope, pancreatic cancer is the fourth most deadly cancer known and THE most horrible and personal disease to me. Two years ago, I lost my mother to...

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    Killer viruses - should we make them?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We all have previously learned about the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20-40 million people worldwide in our history classes. Now with the advance of modern molecular biology techn...

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    Irony - Unions outsource protesting
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Welcome to the bizarre world of union ideology. Unions are hiring unemployed people at the minimum wage to walk picket lines. (Snicker.) Why aren't they being paid union rates? I personally think the...

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    Teenager sex
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What's the fundamental problem that's leading to so many teenagers having sex, including anal sex and even prostitution? Is this the result of poor sex education? Why isn't the $200 million the US go...

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    Dealing with emotional pain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sadists are those who enjoy giving pain. Masochists are those who enjoy receiving pain. However, most of us attempt to avoid pain, especially emotional pain. In fact, research suggests that emotional...

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    Impossible to pay debts
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul nails it again in the simplest of terms. Is it acceptable for someone to incur debt on your behalf and in your name if you don't know about it or, even worse, are opposed to it? Does it matt...

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    Step-up and be a man
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Contrasted with being a "good guy," what does it mean to be a "real man?" Putting aside the obvious requirements of XY chromosomes "and a pair of testicles," what determines masculinity? Is there a w...

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    Truth as a Christmas present
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a funny t-shirt for babies that says "Santa doesn't exist but I can't read, so it's okay." Do you lie to children about Santa Claus (or leave it ambiguous)? What are the benefits and limitati...

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    We're all torturers now
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Milton Friedman, the originator of the withholding tax, once said "we're all Keynesians now" (referring to the disastrous economic policies promoted by John Maynard Keynes). More recently, Newsweek (...

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    The true story of Thanksgiving
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As those of you in the US enjoy the holiday, thought you might want to learn about the true story of thanksgiving - this might make some interesting conversation around the dinner table... it's calle...

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    The cosmic conflict of religion and science
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you're looking for the meaning of life, religions are ready with an answer. As of yet, science doesn't have an answer, other than to possibly claim that there isn't any purpose. (Nihilists of the...

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    Wishing you were someone else
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So I'm at this place listening to 80s music and I read a profile that has this quote: "to wish you were someone else is to waste the beautiful person that you are." A contradiction in SL? DISCUSS!...

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    The war against boys
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Christina Hoff Sommers wrote in her book The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men that "it's a bad time to be a boy." Certainly, government curriculums in schools is misg...

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    Liberals (finally) speak out
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Guess you can't call them hypocrites for this particular action, unlike most liberals who railed against Bush but now ignore the fact that Obama has continued with (and gone beyond) Bush’s anti-ter...

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    TIL tea parties were actually established after the Boston Tea Party
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that tea parties were established in the 1830s. But if the Boston Tea Party was in 1773, why did they call it the Boston Tea Party? Answer - they didn't: the actually called it "The d...

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    Do you want to live forever?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The mystical Fountain of Youth so long sought after... What if it were real, and the key to life could be discovered in an 18-year old girl that, for all intents and purposes, is a baby? What if, in...

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    TIL which countries make up the UK
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned which countries make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), the difference between the United Kingdom (four countries) and Great Britain (England, Sco...

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    Religious beliefs lead to government punishment
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let's say you're a woman and you're looking for a roommate to share the rent. Should it be illegal to ask for female candidates only? Of course not. That would be absurd. But did you know that the sa...

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    Perception vs. reality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Will someone please remind me again why the Europeans and Americans are at war with Iraq and Afghanistan, killing anywhere from hundreds of thousands of people to, by some estimates, over 1 million?...

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    Terrorizing the IRS
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today, a man committed suicide by flying his plane into an IRS office. I think this is only the beginning of more to come. The IRS has been terrorizing people illegally for decades. The courts and mi...

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    What is it going to take to get the planet back on course?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The problem really is crime, isn't it? It doesn't matter whether it's legal crime, as committed by government agents, or whether it's crimes committed by communal garden scumbags. Before we can enjoy...

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    What you're missing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I was reading an article from a Libertarian today that suggested that people will never change their mindset (i.e., of supporting the government) by talking to them about principles and the philosoph...

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    Giving away something you don't have
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Through John Galt in Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand said: "The source of man's rights is not divine law or congressional law, but the law of identity. A is A - and Man is Man. Rights are conditions of exis...

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    Desires are not rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    All economic goods must be produced by someone. They aren't gifts of nature or something that can be conjured up by waiving a magic wand. Somehow, people have gotten the false idea that it is governm...

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    US torture program
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Get out your barf bags for this one. FTA: "This points to a massive conspiracy to deprive innocent people of their rights by the U.S. on a scale not seen since the U.S. interned its own Japanese-Amer...

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    None of the above
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In On The Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau wrote "How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with...

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    Any monkey can be an artist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We experience art as an emotional reaction to our senses. Enjoying art has a personal meaning and relevance; therefore, we evaluate art differently depending upon our own values, perceptions, and kno...

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    Book club - The Fountainhead
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    BrainCrave.com Book Club starting now. We will attempt to do this in group chat unless there is significant lag. If so, we'll switch to local. Please join us at Within Ten Years http://www.braincr...

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    Linden Labs shakeup
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Less than one month ago, Linden Labs laid off 30% of their employees. Just yesterday, Mark Kingdon stepped down as CEO, with company founder Philip Rosedale (Philip Linden) named interim CEO. (Also,...

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    Epic win - making a better world with video games
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Gamers are super-empowered hopeful individuals." They are masters at figuring things out, even medical problems. So who wants to use gaming to change the world? There are many problems to address...

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    Standards of love
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Have you ever seen posts on social networks where someone will say to all of her friends indiscriminately "I love you all!" or something to that effect? Well, if the Beatles were right, that all you...

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    The legitimacy of higher education - do we need more scientists and engineers?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Robert Heinlein once wrote: "Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor." The number of students going to UK universities is falling. Additionally,...

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    Bearing responsibility for your own existence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The higher your self-esteem, the more confidence you have in your ability to cope with life's never-ending challenges. Strong self-esteem is based on many factors, one of which is self-responsibility...

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    Rats and the rat race
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the future, will you look back, shake your head, and regret that you didn't follow your passions? Feel that you went against who you really wanted to be? Don't wait until another New Year's Eve -...

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    School-sanctioned privacy intrusion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home School-sanctioned privacy intrusion? "Schools are only interested in a child's best interests" claim those who ignore knowledge...

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    Licensed to kill
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about getting a blow job. But here we have President Obama, a constitutional lawyer and professor, who is technically now a dictator without anyone calling for im...

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    Let's raise the debt ceiling to $1 quadrillion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Remember the guy who talked about change? Where'd he go? In 2006, Obama said this: The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a...

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    The morality of animal testing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the movie Extreme Measures, a brilliant doctor attempts experimental surgeries on live patients (who eventually die), trying to find a way to help spinal cord victims walk again. I think most agre...

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    Selling organs for education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nowadays, you have to take on massive amounts of debt to go to college, only to graduate and find that there aren't any jobs available. So you leave college, go back to living with your parents, and...

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    What's worth dying for?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the movie Braveheart, William Wallace says, "Every man dies, not every man really lives." For thousands of years, people have thought about the values to live for. Aristotle suggest we should live...

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    Ron Paul in charge of Federal Reserve?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    More than any other politician by a Grand Canyon-wide margin, Ron Paul is a man of impeccable character when it comes to supporting the ideas of freedom and "is a force for good." (He easily won his...

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    Kiss your retirement goodbye
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The government is coming for your retirement accounts, 401Ks, and pension plan. After all, they want to make sure you have enough for retirement of course... It's all about your safety and well-being...

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    Nuclear No-Contest
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Before the 1950s, the future confronting the human race was bleak. With the global population increasing and becoming more dependent on energy-dense technologies to sustain its food supplies and risi...

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    Today I learned Tuesday
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Welcome to TIL (Today I Learned) Tuesdays, where we will discuss specific facts about something. Looking to learn about something new every day? Reddit.com has a wonderful and very active TIL communi...

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    Hitler's legacy - US politicians
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Hitler once said "Our strategy is to destroy the enemy from within, to conquer him through himself." US politicians, laws, and regulations are destroying people who live in America like a cancer. Her...

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    Say no to drugs - get suspended
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The stupidity in government never takes a break, especially in the public school system. FTA: "It seems to me that it may be time to give all school administrators a course in remedial thinking. Here...

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    Optical Illusions - Proof That The Senses Are Valid
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The senses have no power of distortion; what they observe is what is. Optical illusions do not validate the claim that the senses can deceive us: optical illusions are the senses making valid observa...

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    Learning how to work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "U.S. colleges and universities, like their counterparts in other Western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for today's workplace. The biggest weakness in the postsecondary-...

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    Image of The Fountainhead Howard Roark speech
    The Fountainhead Howard Roark speech
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Men have been taught that the highest virtue is not to achieve, but to give. Yet one cannot give that which has not been created. Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to dist...

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    The Road Not Taken
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Road Not Taken (by Robert Frost) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To w...

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    No way to rule innocent men
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In Atlas Shrugged, Dr. Floyd Ferris states: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? ...We want them broken... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent...

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    Image of Oath Keepers
    Oath Keepers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Meet the fast-growing "patriot" group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration." "But beyond the predictable stereotypes, "the reality is a lot of them are fairly intelligent...

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    Image of Irrational self-interest
    Irrational self-interest
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Selfishness is often defined as an evil that deals with one caring for oneself more than for others. Many evils in the world are blamed on selfishness. Hunger, poverty and illness are supposedly all...

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    TIL the power of the scroll wheel in Firefox
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned the power of the scroll wheel in Firefox. You can use it to close tabs (click the scroll wheel on a tab), open hyperlinks in new pages (click the scroll wheel on a link), scroll throu...

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    Image of People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
    People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The US government consists of a bunch of hypocrites. I know, tell you something you don't know, right? Recently, Hillary Clinton and her lackeys at the US State Department released the Country Re...

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    Mock burglaries
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about creating an atmosphere of fear... FTA: "It was meant to be an imaginative way of hammering home the message that some householders are making life too easy for burglars. But police were un...

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    TIL that gas prices in Europe are double those in the US
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Don't expect gas prices to "tank" anytime soon. (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.) Today I learned that Americans live in a distorted world when it comes to gas prices. The average price of gas across...

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    The goals of mankind: the state vs. anarchy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As Murray Rothbard put it in his marvelous article The Anatomy of the State, "Some theorists venerate the State as the apotheosis of society; others regard it as an amiable, though often inefficient,...

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    TIL real-life levitation does exist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, without a magic wand, levitation is real. The physics behind it consists of a ceramic material that is famous for superconductivity when cooled below -185ºC (-301ºF). The s...

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    O Me! O Life! and being thankful for what you have
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Monty Python famously sang "life's a piece of shit when you look at it." There's also the adage that, if everyone threw all their problems on the table, most would reach back down and pick up their...

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    Image of Action --> Reaction
    Action --> Reaction
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Newton's Third Law suggests that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Is it morally proper for people to develop into militias to defend themselves and act in defiance of terrori...

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    TIL Plato didn't believe in Platonic love and supported erotica
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Platonic love isn't what we thought it was. In fact, Plato didn't even believe in it, was pro-sex, thought erotica was a spiritual force that helps us find our true selves, and e...

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    Would you, personally, force someone to give charity?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The great political theorist and economist Frédéric Bastiat wrote in The State: "The oppressor no longer acts directly by his own force on the oppressed. No, our conscience has become too fastidiou...

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    TIL the cause of yawning is still unknown
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that my belief that the purpose of yawning is to bring oxygen into the brain has never been proven. Scientists still don't know why we yawn. FTA: Everyone yawns, but no one kn...

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    England prevails
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Wait - you're upset because the government promised you something and then did the exact opposite? This is government's modus operandi - why all the fuss? Look, just vote for the other party next tim...

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    The essence of political definitions: what does it mean to be a liberal?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand once wrote that "Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration." Perhaps that's one of the reasons politics always appear...

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    Question everything
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "I believe there are three rules we must teach our children if we have any hope of humanity seeing freedom some day: 1. Question everything. 2. Never accept an answer just because it is presented by...

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    The Beauty of Kindness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    My last article dealt with the various aspects of romantic love. However, value comes in many forms and so does the emotional payment, love. Acts of kindness are pleasant in many aspects and many of...

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