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PATH: BS | Science | Psychology What's In Your Cupboard? Posted by Pile (11385 views) [E-Mail link] [Psychology] [Bad Parents] A clever group has put together a short animated film called, "Instruction Manual For Life", and created a unique metaphor for peoples' ideology and sense of tolerance. Check out this insightful film.. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Scientific Study Shows Conservatives Aren't Interested In Truth Posted by Pile (16172 views) [E-Mail link] [Psychology] A new study out of Yale University confirms what argumentative liberals have long-known: Offering reality-based rebuttals to conservative lies only makes conservatives cling to those lies even harder. In essence, schooling conservatives makes them more stupid. READ MORE | 22 comments since 2010-12-29 06:07:25 | Comment on this Article Randy Pausch's Last Lecture Posted by Pile (12113 views) [E-Mail link] [Psychology] What would you do if you knew your death was immediately impending? What would you say? Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. READ MORE | 1 comment since 2008-08-18 09:42:26 | Comment on this Article Are Americans Becoming Even More Unintelligent? Posted by Pile (15681 views) [E-Mail link] [Psychology] Susan Jacoby writes an interesting op-ed addressing what appears to not only be a decline in the intellect of Americans, but an obnoxious sense of increasing pride in being ignorant... READ MORE | 6 comments since 2008-09-16 22:16:41 | Comment on this Article Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Posted by Pile (12393 views) [E-Mail link] [Psychology] Alfonso Cuarón, director of Children of Men, and Naomi Klein, author of No Logo, present a short film from Klein's book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, chronicling how a government uses fear to impose an unbridaled level of free market capitalism that benefits their sponsors at the expense of human rights. READ MORE | 3 comments since 2008-08-19 09:59:36 | Comment on this Article Note To Self: Don't Get Out Of The Car In Texas! Posted by Pile (10691 views) [E-Mail link] [Psychology] An angry Texas crowd has beaten and killed a 40-year-old car passenger after a driver injured a young girl near the site of a busy local festival. Police said the driver of the car had stopped to check on the health of the girl, said to be aged three or four. But when the passenger got out to see how she was, he was set upon by a group of up to 20 people before being left lying in a car park, police said. The girl was hit at low speed and was not seriously injured. The incident happened near Austin, Texas, as crowd of between 2,000-3,000 people gathered for the annual Juneteenth festival, which commemorates the freeing of American slaves. READ MORE | 1 comment since 2008-08-18 20:02:06 | Comment on this Article Dating: Summed Up In One Craigslist Ad Posted by Pile (12482 views) [E-Mail link] [Lonely People] [Psychology] Ever wonder what kind of women are *really* out there? What if someone posted a truly honest personal ad? READ MORE | 2 comments since 2009-01-31 18:16:22 | Comment on this Article Fundamentalists Will Prove God Exists In 13 Minutes Posted by Pile (14327 views) [E-Mail link] [Psychology] Ok everybody, hold onto your hat.... actor Kirk Cameron and "best-selling" author Ray Comfort (aka "Banana Man") will square off with two atheists, known as the Rational Responders in New York on Saturday, May 5. ABC originally planned to stream the 90-minute debate LIVE on their website, but decided to reschedule the broadcast to capture a larger audience. Watch the Face Off Wednesday May 9 at 2 p.m. on ABC News Now, and on Nightline at 11:35 p.m. Of course, we'll have the video here as soon as it becomes available... get excited... Ray Comfort, the guy who proved God exists by wielding a banana promises he can convince a national audience he will win a debate against the Rational Response team, a group of Internet atheists. We've covered this before, check out our recent religious debate article. UPDATE: Brian from RRS has publicly acknowledged that yours truly, Pile, has contributed to some of the content of the debate. The video should be out Wednesday.. stay tuned. READ MORE | 7 comments since 2008-08-18 14:44:53 | Comment on this Article New Mexico Features Talking Urinal Cakes Posted by Pile (10860 views) [E-Mail link] [Diamond Studded Toenail Clippers] [Psychology] New Mexico is hoping to keep drunk drivers off the road by lecturing them at the last place they usually stop before getting behind the wheel: the urinal. The state recently paid $21 each for about 500 talking urinal-deodorizer cakes and has put them in bathrooms in bars and restaurants across the state. When a guy steps up, the motion-sensitive plastic device says, in a woman's voice that is flirty, then stern: "Hey, big guy. Having a few drinks? Think you had one too many? Then it's time to call a cab or call a sober friend for a ride home." The recorded message ends: "Remember, your future is in your hand." READ MORE | 3 comments since 2007-07-08 10:52:54 | Comment on this Article Stress Causes Intelligence Loss Posted by Pile (13338 views) [E-Mail link] [Psychology] Professor Elizabeth Gould from Princeton University is discovering some interesting things via her primate research. Most notably that under stress, the brain does not create as many new cells. In short, the environment we are in has a direct impact on the capacity and healthy functioning of our brain. READ MORE | 1 comment since 2008-08-19 05:20:21 | Comment on this Article 10 Articles displayed. Show More Articles.

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