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What can you believe? What would "they" like you to believe? What SHOULD you believe? BEFORE you believe - BE SKEPTICAL (rational, logical, thoroughly inquiring). Post information one needs to make informed decisions. SO, postings here are things things that make one skeptical of other claims OR things one might be skeptical about (tell everyone in a note which way or let them make up their own mind!).
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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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Secret IP Treaty Proposal Rubs Tech WrongThe negotiations over the International Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that concluded another round this week in Seoul, South Korea, prompts watchdog groups to complain to President Obama about Hollywood's influence over the talks and the lack of transparency surrounding the entire negotiations....
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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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Dartmouth News - Dartmouth Professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked - 11/05/09Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Farid, a pioneer in the field of digital forensics, digitally analyzed an iconic image of Oswald pictured in a backyard setting holding a rifle in one hand and ...
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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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2iPhone App Translates Baby's Crying - ABC NewsThere's an App for that ... including learning how to listen like a parent!?JDP added 24 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 28 hours ago
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2Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is ‘Mark of the Beast’ | Threat Level | Wired.comHUH!? You're own fingerprints amount to the "Mark of the Beast". Well then, aren't you already marked ... and the beast's even without having an ink impression made of them? I suppose this also means that anything that might get on your fingers (paint, grease, etc.) so that you leave an ...JDP added 28 hours ago
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2U.S. spends most, but health quality lags - Yahoo! NewsHey tea-bagged-dummies! That great private (monopolized) health care system you are defending is responsible for "rationing care" (including with "death panels" who decide which patients with cancer will DIE before they can fight though the insurance bureaucracy for the care they need!), AND ...JDP added 43 hours ago
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2Woman Loses Job Due to Error in FBI Criminal Database | Threat Level | Wired.comOf course, this is just yet another "proof" that the government can screw things up. But hey, what about that great private enterprise that won't rehire the person even after the mistake was discovered!?JDP added 4 days ago
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