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All text, audio, video, people associated with bringing religion-independent awareness into the world. The inclusion of "religion-independent" in the previous sentence is intentional. My wish is that this twine does not turn into a religious battlefield. My hope is that it becomes a safe haven where twiners can kick back, relax, digest the content, and experience a little bit of peace in their lives.
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Search engines are source of learningSearch engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers. The researchers sought to discover the cognitive processes underlying searching. They examined the search habits of 72 participants while conducting a ...
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Jacques Vallee: Waterboarding's curious corollaries - Boing BoingWhen it was revealed that the U.S. resorted to torture to extract information from prisoners, many people my age must have had a very somber thought for the thousands of young Americans who had given their lives on the beaches of Normandy in a brave effort to rid the world of governments that ...
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Bigger not necessarily better, when it comes to brainsTiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite only having a brain the size of a pinhead, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. "Animals with bigger brains are not necessarily more intelligent," according to Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural ...
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Romantic Rivalries Stir Religious Feelings - Yahoo! NewsRivals on the dating scene could make one feel closer to God, according to new research that suggests one's religiousness may be more closely related to mating strategies than previously known. In experiments with 269 college students, researchers found that both men and women apparently felt ...
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Yoga in India: Cultural immersion, self-knowledge - Yahoo! NewsI needed an escape, a vacation that would shake me out of my routine, and leave me with more than souvenirs and digital photos. So when the yoga center in New York where I'm learning to meditate organized a two-week yoga trip to India, I decided to go. We flew to New Delhi and the next day ...
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1Jacques Vallee: Waterboarding's curious corollaries - Boing BoingAh, but maybe there ARE "truth drugs" or techniques. In this case however, the administration wanted a particular result (confirmation of their claims) - SO, they did NOT want to use an "infallible" method of obtaining the truth, which MIGHT not give "confirmation" of what they wanted to hear! ...JDP added 33 hours ago
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1Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systemsDUH. Nice that what we already pretty much intuitively knew is not proven though ...JDP added 2 weeks ago
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1Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar PanelsNow if we can just figure out how to get solar panels to purr, roll over, and fetch the newspaper ...JDP added 2 weeks ago
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1Republican Gomorrah: The Shattered GOP, Taken Over by Authoritarian Radicals, Is Incapable of Compromise | Politics | AlterNetThe Talibanization of the Republican party (a head-long and barely secret move toward a totalitarian theocracy) began long ago (early 1900s) and is now coming to fruition. The cast of characters reads like a who's-who of the religious and political right-wing of the Republican party.JDP added 5 weeks ago
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My Health is Not the SameHi Lethe, I hope you can get yourself out of the temporary rut that you're in. I can truly relate to your post. Regardspomlover added 2 months ago
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