be met and > can be met more effectively by private charity. It is not the government's > business." That is a very optimistic assumption, and not necessarily a true

left" and easily feel affinity with the "right". That gets them very confused, and they end up defending obnoxious "right wing" stuff. Humans are hardwired

New discoveries and new theories lead to a refutation of old ones. "The method is one of clean refutation." But this "is conspicuously not the case in the great fields

. Steven Pinker in his 'The better angels of our nature' cited honor as the reason why many societies are so violent today. During the last century, most western societies made

with Dutch and Flemish, depending on what you're trying to do, but I was trying to illustrate a point without going down that rabbit hole. I failed, it's sure dark down here.

volume eaten and putting on weight correlate causation is assumed. > > This logical fallasy abounds. > For instance; > Whites enforced apartheid > Whites are richer

new book and have discovered I > am a Humanist - at least by his definition, which is lengthy. > I highly recommend the book, especially if you want to be cheered about > the state

of values and free speech is different from issues of fact or technical policy. I agree there is a left wing bias in academia (at least in conservative or centrist countries - apparently

new technology and would like to see more investment coming into France. The only thing that keeps them socialist is their investment in public works and infrastructure. They love

to myself and b) how else would I get the experience of past / failed relationships in order to make the last one work... some things cannot be skipped. Calms seas don't make a good

a Steven pinker fan. The is in my opinion one of the great minds alive today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-28etfOLUw Steven Pinker is certainly not a libertarian and he did

> you and taking it back, but no more than I do in catching some other poor >> shmuck and taking *his* gold. It's only society as a whole that wants to >> make sure criminals

many examples and further references. >>> >>> The books are >>> >>> Better Angels of Our Nature - Steven Pinker >>> Why Nations Fail

me" and then go on to say exactly what I meant... that's funny. It seems we are actually mostly in agreement, except that I see the whole lot as thugs and would prefer small weak

smarter kids and fewer dull kids survived to pass on their genes. Scholarship was encouraged and was a source of status even outside of the priesthood. Daughters of high status Jews

Irish Mafia and the Italian Mafia et al., that those nationalities might have been completely eliminated from the US business scene. Some of today's mafiosi are on average MUCH

in China and when they study abroad - and in Chinese scientific research. There is also a lot of faking of economic and other statistics. Finally you can buy a pass on the fitness test to

is good and right and also > that punishment would be somehow good (even if it didn't act as a deterrent > to other's contemplating similar actions) so if we don't

Ma” and after much laughter and gestures I gathered it could mean a person or mother. To demonstrate this to took me to introduce me to his mother and family. More gaiety. Then he put two

the thoughts and feelings. There is no independent external spirit. The religious may disagree. >> >> What is still not well understood is cause and effect. Particularly

Garth, I searched around a little to see if I could find the original $100 Battery story and I found

Oh my! This from the Freakanomics blog Nick Kristof, writing in the NY Times: This is what poverty

An excellent article, unambiguous and clear. Unusual for an economist. Trevor Watkins - Base Software

Even though it's long, I highly recommend everyone become acquainted with this article: The Myth

Keynesians *and > "stimulus". Far from the so-called crisis being a threat to capitalism it > may turn out to be the final death of Keynesianism. We're witnessing

the power and value of competitive / experimental governance, make sure you subscribe to http://athousandnations.com/ On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Garth Zietsman wrote: >