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Couple flee to save their baby from social workers after girl, 17, is told she is not clever enough to look after her child | Mail OnlineA heavily pregnant woman and her fiance have gone on the run after social workers threatened to take away their baby at birth. Kerry Robertson, 17, and Mark McDougall, 25, had been told that she was not bright enough to raise their child and that they would have to give him up. It was another ...
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Technology DOESN'T isolate people: New study shows the Internet and mobile phones increase your social network | Mail OnlineBut a new study has found that the Internet and mobile phones do precisely the opposite and actually enhance people’s social worlds. The Pew Internet and American Life Project, titled ‘Social Isolation and New Technology’, found that people who embraced the modern technologies had larger and ...
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Futurists' report reviews dangers of smart robots - Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewScientists are preparing to publish a report this month that examines, in part, whether robots could eventually become so smart they pose a threat to society. The report will include concerns some researchers have voiced about the legal and ethical use of artificial intelligence. Most computer ...
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The Recruitment Genome Project: So Long Resumes, Hello DNA! | InventorSpotWhat would you think if you were hired for a job, not because of your skills, your sunny personality, or even (let's just say it) your appearance; because, instead, the company was focusing upon your genes to determine if you're a good match or not? That's exactly what innovative company Arbita ...
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75% of Potential Recruits Too Fat, Too Sickly, Too Dumb to Serve | Danger Room | Wired.comMore than three-quarters of the nation’s 17- to 24-year-olds couldn’t serve in the military, even if they wanted to. They’re too fat, too sickly, too dumb, have too many kids, or have copped to using illegal drugs. The armed services are willing to grant waivers for some of those conditions - ...
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2Couple flee to save their baby from social workers after girl, 17, is told she is not clever enough to look after her child | Mail OnlineDUH. What does this say about the "intelligence" of the social worker who made the "judgment" / threat to the couple!?JDP added 29 hours ago
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275% of Potential Recruits Too Fat, Too Sickly, Too Dumb to Serve | Danger Room | Wired.comIf we get the conservatively dreaded "food police", don't be too fast to blame it all on "liberal do gooders". The military apparently has a vested interest too. Then of course, there's the insurance companies and private businesses for who the obese may pose an "unacceptable risk [health ...JDP added 37 hours ago
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2The coming-out stories of anonymous bloggers - CNN.comGiven the power of employers (practical necessity for a large majority of people to have to work for one), "freedom of speech" has become an oxymoron without its applications to the "private sector".JDP added 2 months ago
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2Corporate Campaigns Manufacture Scientific Doubt By David Michaels / Science NewsAnd judges accept this claptrap!? Disgusting.JDP added 4 months ago
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2German teacher loses battle against pupils' web rankingsConsidering some suppression of student (especially high school) views (posters, etc. - even "off school grounds"!) in the US and other "western democracies", maybe those governments have something to learn from Germany!JDP added 4 months ago
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