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How the mainstream media has failed us
Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 12:20 PM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
I swore off network TV news long ago, as well as CNN and Fox, and I can't be happier that I did. It's now thoroughly clear, to any thinking person, that their sole reason for existing is to soothe us and pander to us so we'll sit still long enough to watch the commercials.
Don't stare at dead things or animals having sex.
Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:49 PM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
Compare the cadavers found at the Body Worlds educational exhibits (that many people disparage) with the grotesque Halloween images we use for entertainment.
Why the Ten Commandments are a cop-out
Seeded on Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:18 AM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
Cop-out: a feebly transparent excuse or explanation for refusing to face up to something.
A football field covered with M&M's says don't waste your money playing the lottery
Seeded on Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:48 PM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
I decided to use plain M&M's (not peanut) and a football field for my thought experiment. I didn't really do this demonstration, but you could. If you'd like to do it, just go out and buy 146,107,962 M&M's. Instead of actually buying the M&M's, I used mathematics.
There's more than one way to maintain civilization around here.
Seeded on Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:45 AM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
would suggest that in societies where basic urges are restricted or blocked by stringent moral systems, those urges emerge in more sophisticated and convoluted ways: they sprout up as libraries, universities or hospitals.
Because we're "kicking ass" in Iraq, President Bush should lead a parade through downtown Bagdad
Seeded on Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:11 AM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
Because we're "kicking ass" in Iraq, let's schedule a parade through Bagdad. Let's have the Bush family lead the parade. That includes George W., Laura and the twins.
"Drill and kill" as a failed educational strategy
Seeded on Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:33 PM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
Children are too often "taught" factoids, ephemeral bits of information that will allow them to pass a test without significantly advancing their ability to understand the world around them.
Sicko diagnoses our sick political system
Seeded on Sun Jul 1, 2007 12:31 PM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
No insurance company executive needs to go around with horns or a pitchfork telling doctors to deny claims that they shouldn't deny. No one has to tell anyone else to screw the sick people. All the insurance companies need to do is to put the right incentives in place.
Where pants rightfully belong
Seeded on Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:55 AM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
According to this definition then, pants cover the entire lower half of the body. Unless you live in the land of hip-hop, of course, where all bets are off and pants cover the lower half of the legs - no guarantee for anything on up.
The legal consequences of failing to read fine print
Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:29 PM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
When it comes to fine print, expediency trumps truth. It is expedient to believe (at least in courtrooms) that everyone can read and does read such gibberish. But this common legal finding has no basis in fact.
Addicted to forgiveness?
Seeded on Sun May 27, 2007 3:16 PM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
What's our "problem," as sold by so many churches? It's that we are constantly screwing up. We are bad children, naughty children. Those of us who are really bad must go to hell.
The Bible, seen from the grocery store produce aisle
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 3:07 PM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
Doesn't it seem…un-godlike…for an infallible God to have designed a "perfect" human who not only had a defective, non-functional gene, but also several functioning, useless ones?
The shocking same-ness of human behavior
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2007 10:11 AM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
Why do sex partners sit together at public rituals, I wondered. Many people would insist that that the answer is "love" or social convention. Evolutionary Psychology offers a compelling alternative story, however.
"Star Trek: Bring it on!" Bush and Cheney take command of a Starship
Seeded on Sun Apr 1, 2007 2:18 PM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
I would require that the 29% of Americans who continue to adore the president no longer be allowed to view any more Star Trek shows.
How to lose two pounds per week, guaranteed. Not a sales pitch!
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:56 AM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
No drugs and no gimmicks. Here are the strategies that worked for me. It starts with a declaration that my quest was not so much about weight loss as much as attaining a state of health. Being at a healthy weight is not about "not eating." Rather, it's about eating well.
Dangerous Intersection » Blog Archive » Why can't I get that song out of my head?
Seeded on Tue Mar 6, 2007 9:47 AM EST (Dangerous Intersection)
98% of people have had songs stuck in their heads. What do we know about them and what can we do about them?
"It Was A Pleasure To Burn…"
Seeded on Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:58 PM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
Ray Bradbury got it wrong, but when I first read Fahrenheit 451 I believed him. He scared me to the core with that book. Scared me terrifically, but in the end he got it wrong.
Real campaign finance reform: dilute the bad money with lots of good money
Seeded on Wed Feb 7, 2007 11:04 AM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
Why should campaign finance reform be a priority? Because private money corrupts all political dialogue. It makes us think that politicians are taking The People seriously, when they aren't.
Shopping for Sex: wasteful consumerism and Darwin's theory of sexual selection
Seeded on Mon Feb 5, 2007 5:56 PM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
What does rampant extravagant consumerism have to do with sex? Maybe a lot, according to evolutionary psychology.
Videoblogger still imprisoned for refusing to hand over his tapes.
Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:10 PM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
Independent journalist and video blogger, Josh Wolf is currently in custody in California for civil contempt.
It's not my fault.
Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 5:16 PM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
The conclusion reached in the Milgram experiment (recently discussed on ABC's Primetime) was that the people who refused to continue with the apparently painful experiment had one significant difference from those who would continue.
Secret memo revealed: God's own instructions for deciding who gets into heaven
Seeded on Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:52 AM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
I can't reveal how I obtained a copy of the dramatic memo re-printed below. It is important reading for anyone who might someday die. It is a rare candid glimpse into the mind of the Creator of the Universe.
I am grateful that squirrels are not carnivorous animals that prey on humans
Seeded on Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:07 AM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
What if squirrels (rodents of the family Sciuridae) attacked humans with such vigor that they were known as the "piranhas of the woods?"
Schaivo Rule keeps Democrat majority solid in Senate
Seeded on Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:20 AM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
North Dakota Senator Tim Johnson is struggling to recover from a life-threatening episode of bleeding in his brain. It remains to be seen how much cognitive function he will regain.
The Grinch was much more evil than we thought.
Seeded on Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:43 PM EST (dangerousintersection.org)
In a couple of heartbeats, he convinced the almost converted Whos that their community actually needed trinkets to celebrate the birth of the Who version of Jesus.
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