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POPSOh yeah, and don't trust yourself either! The Chinese philosopher Xun Zi said that human nature is not particularly good, but he went on to argue that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to make it better. Too many people resign themselves to say "that's just the way things are" because that's easier than challenging their own beliefs. Before we can be an agent for change, our ideas must be relentlessly refined in the furnace of critical introspection. Follow the link to read all these cognitive hazards, and see where you find them in your life!
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POPS15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense (Please follow the link to this article and read it completely before you comment on it. Thanks) It is funny how religious people will demand proof of evolution while they have no proof nor will ever have proof of any aspect of their beliefs.
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POPSInvading Irrelevant Countries.. So Al-Qaeda is in Afghanistan and they invade Iraq. Now it is in Pakistan, never mind.. weapons of mass destruction are there too -- never mind that. Give them another $10 billion. So they want to invade Iran? Is it something about oil that makes them irrational? Or is that these countries start with I?
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POPSTaliban whip woman for socializing with a Man Sindhi women's rights groups protested in Hyderabad against the Taliban atrocities in Swat. The video is disturbing. The punishment is similar to what happens in Saudi Arabia: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 10, 2009 A 75-year-old widow living in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, her lawyer said Monday. The newspaper Al Watan said the woman, Khamisa Sawadi, met with two 24-year-old men in April after she asked them to bring five loaves of bread to her home. The two men, her nephew and his business partner, were arrested by the religious police after delivering the bread, the newspaper said.
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POPSUnsustainable Agriculture Heads for a Collapse While at the same time, the pressure to produce has increased -- India has trebled its chicken consumption. The chickens are raised in factory farms, wasting 3 times the protein and calories. As the rich consume more meat, prices go up and the poor become more malnourished. (The global scenario is repeated within the country).
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POPSDeath Penalty for Dancing Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance, when you're perfectly free. Since we live where everything is music, everything is dancing. Watch the dust grains moving in the light near the window. Their dance is our dance. We rarely hear the inward music, but we're all dancing to it nevertheless, directed by the one who teaches us, the pure joy of the sun, our music master. -- Rumi (Coleman Barks translation)
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