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Values are an area of human knowledge and experience that is magnetic: it attracts debate but also repels thought. Sam Harris very carefully spells out why it is completely insane to keep science out of the realm of moral values: Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But [...]
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According to this enlightening presentation by Julian Treasure, productivity in an open plan office (cube farm) is reduced by 66% due to noise pollution (from other people). I can attest to this. Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us (via TED.com)
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Is Sarah Palin secretly a beat poet? Do her words make little to no sense because she is so immersed in language and lyrics that she operates on a plane we cannot grasp? We sincerely doubt it, but that was the implication last night as William Shatner appeared on the “Tonight Show” and read Sarah's [...]
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