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Daily Archives: January 19, 2016
Consciousness Is Not Mysterious?
Michael Graziano, who is very much in Camp Dennett, writes that “Consciousness Is Not Mysterious“. Of the Hard Problem of consciousness, Graziano writes: The brain constructs inaccurate models of the world. To understand consciousness scientifically, once again it’s necessary for … Continue reading
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Davos Boss Warns Refugee Crisis Could Be Precursor to Something Much Bigger
From Bloomberg News: As the crash in commodities prices spreads economic woe across the developing world, Europe could face a wave of migration that will eclipse today’s refugee crisis, says Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum. “Look … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Immigration
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Trump & Authoritarianism
A quant-oriented, UMASS, poli-sci guy has one of the rare, valuable, insightful analyses of the Mein Trumpf phenomenon. “The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You’re a Trump Supporter” is the title of Matthew MacWilliams’ piece in Politico: If I … Continue reading
Posted in Democrat Party, National, Republican Party
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‘Refugee’ Crisis™ => Gender Imbalances
One angle of the ‘Refugee’ Crisis™ that Europe hasn’t yet contemplated is the effect on gender imbalance, and the sociological disruptions that can ensue: Professor Valerie Hudson, a Texas A&M University professor, said gender imbalances could cause serious problems in … Continue reading
Posted in Death of the West, Immigration, Islam
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Feds Spend $406,875 Texting Latino Men To Exercise
From Fox News: The National Institutes of Health is spending more than $400,000 sending text messages to Latino men to encourage them to exercise. The University of California, San Diego is conducting the study, which is attempting to employ the … Continue reading
Gettin’ Meta With Martin
Given that MLK himself plagiarized as a graduate student, what an appropriate way for Mr. Whitaker to celebrate the modern day martyr: A history professor at Arizona State University who was demoted last year following an inquiry into plagiarism accusations … Continue reading