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- AetherCzar The Hidden Truth
- Al Fin Family of Blogs All the Al Fin blogs since 2005
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- Anthony Watts Independent and irreverent look at the turbulent world of climate change
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- The Industry Handbook Quick and useful overview of a number of industrial sectors for investors
- The Law Frederic Bastiat’s classic critique of socialism and democracy
- The Nuclear Energy Option Online Ebook Free online ebook by by Bernard L Cohen
- Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions On Scientific Paradigm Shifts
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- Brian Wang's NextBigFuture Optimistic Science & Technology Future Website
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- John McCarthy: Sustained Progress How Scientific and Technological Progress can be Sustained
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- The Arts Mechanical An exploration of the technologies that affect our lives
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Entering the New Chinese Warlord Era
Chinese warlords have appeared all throughout China’s history, springing up in times of turmoil to gain power, and sometimes establishing their own dynasty. Warlords are normally aggressive and ambitious, they want to gain power and will use any means necessary … Continue reading
Rich Romp to the Stars: Fueling the $Trillion Space Economy
Trillions, High and Low The transition from a $hundreds of billions space economy to a $trillions space economy may be quicker than anyone thought. Cheap access to space opens all kinds of doors which were expected to stay closed for … Continue reading
Jordan Peterson Read All of Sam Harris’ Books
The respective philosophies of Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson have not intermeshed smoothly so far. In two separate hour-length podcasts, the two men could not agree on a common concept of “truth” or an agreed upon method for the discovery … Continue reading
Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and Brett Weinstein… Where They Belong
I Am Not Talking About Vancouver Tomorrow, 23 June 2018, Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris will attempt another futile debate on the relative merits of their divergent epistemologies. The event at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver is sold out. The … Continue reading
You Can’t Have My Car, But I Can Spare You a Few Bullets
56% of carjackers were identified by victims as black, 21% white, 16% Asian or Native American, and 7% mixed race or unknown.[20] Some 93% of carjackings occurred in urban areas.[20][21] __ Wikipedia “Carjacking” In Some Locations, Carjacking is a Popular … Continue reading
Venture Startups and Disruptive Innovations
The election of Donald Trump as US President in November 2016 sent a signal to investors that the Obama government sabotage of business was coming to an end. Following 4 straight quarters of decreasing investment, investors poured a record-breaking $5 … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, innovation
Tagged economics
Sprucing Up Your Brain With Potent Psychedelics
This figure shows the effects of three psychedelics and one control (VEH) on cortical neurons. … A new study, published June 12 in the journal Cell Reports, found psychedelics, specifically DOI, DMT, and LSD, can change brain cells in rats … Continue reading
How Can We Explain the Coming European Idiocracy?
This post is a follow-on to yesterday’s article on the recent PNAS finding of a “reverse Flynn Effect” in Norway. IQs appear to be similarly falling in France, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, and elsewhere in Europe. Yesterday we looked at … Continue reading
Dumb and Dumber: Flynn Effect Retreats in Earnest
Why Are Children Now Less Intelligent? “Take 14-year-olds in Britain. What 25% could do back in 1994, now only 5% can do,” Shayer added, citing maths and science tests. __ Why IQ Levels Are Falling Multiple studies have demonstrated a … Continue reading
Russia: Who Will Pick Up the Pieces?
Nature abhors a vacuum, and a country that occupies 11% of the planetary mass while producing roughly 1.2% of its GDP is the very definition of vacuum. __ Source If current trends continue, Yury Krupnov says, Russians will be condemned … Continue reading
Why Do Blacks Destroy Almost Everything They Inherit?
Is it really true that African blacks leave a trail of violence, poverty, and destruction wherever in the world they go? And if it is true, why? … no one will talk about the painful fact that most African and … Continue reading
Lord of the Flies: World Without Men
William Golding’s 1954 novel Lord of the Flies is a glimpse into how quickly a world of boys — without men to guide their development — can degenerate into unbelievable savagery. It is one of those books which should be … Continue reading
Vibranium Asteroid Disappears Over Wakanda
Warning: The following is a work of plagiaristic satire. Read at your own risk! According to the mainstream narrative, the asteroid “disintegrated” over southern Africa. But our overseas correspondents report that it actually disappeared under mysterious circumstances in tightly controlled … Continue reading
What Has US President Donald Trump Been Doing These 500 Days?
60 of Trump’s Accomplishments so Far: Taken from an article in the Washington Examiner: 500 DAYS: In his first 500 days in office President Donald J. Trump has achieved results domestically and internationally for the American people. Since taking office, … Continue reading
Behold Venezuela! Bernie Sanders Country
Remember when Bernie Sanders said that the “American Dream” was more likely to be found in countries like Venezuela, than in the US? We are beginning to get a clearer picture of what Sanders must have meant when he said … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Government, Idiocracy, Migrations, Venezuela, Wealth of Nations
The Coming Doom of the “Y” Chromosome and Human Males
Although the Y chromosome’s role in sex determination is clear, research has shown that it is undergoing rapid evolutionary deterioration. Many generations ago the Y chromosome was large, and contained as many genes as the X chromosome. Now it is … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedicine, Doom, Genetics and Gene Expression, Sex, Sex Differences
Tagged doom, Sex Differences
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Rapastinel, AGN-241751, AV-101, Esketamine Wonder Cures?
A Better Cure for Depression? Ketamine analogs are getting a very close look After nearly four decades of dispensing the same mediocre medications to patients with depression, pharmaceutical companies are jazzed about several new drug candidates inspired by the club … Continue reading
