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Science has lost its way, at a big cost to humanity
In today's world, brimful as it is with opinion and falsehoods masquerading as facts, you'd think the one place you can depend on for verifiable facts is science.
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No More Kings: Magnus Carlsen is the world’s best chess player, but he shouldn't be champion.
Chess has had a world champion since 1886, but this one-off, mano-a-mano event is now an anachronism, one that’s more harmful than helpful to the game.
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Starship Troopers: One of the Most Misunderstood Movies Ever
The sci-fi film's self-aware satire went unrecognized by critics when it came out 16 years ago. Now, some are finally getting the joke.
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Women's magazines ignore technology and demean women
Forget body image for a moment, women's magazines are perpetuating stereotypes about women and tech and it's dated, lazy and damaging.
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Computers are making you ill
Jack Flanagan thinks that computers are making you sick.
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Porsche That Killed Paul Walker 'Dangerous,' 'Needs Respect'
Porsche's famed test driver Walter Rohrl was scared of it. A former manager at Porsche has called the CGT "the most dangerous car on the road." And IndyCar driver and Carrera GT owner Graham Rahal says it "needs respect." This is not a car to mess with, and two people paid the ultimate price this weekend.
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Pictures That Change History: Why the World Needs Photojournalists
It's never been easier to take photos—or harder to capture ones that matter.
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Yes. Let's Move the Capital to Nebraska. Immediately.
Ben Sasse, who's running for Senate in Nebraska, has an idea: Move the nation's capital to his home state. And you know what? I agree.
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Why I wish I had been diagnosed with Asperger’s as a child
If the Asperger Syndrome diagnosis had existed when I was a toddler, I probably would have qualified. I began reading at…
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Malcolm Fraser warns Australia risks war with China unless US military ties cut back
Australia risks being pulled into a disastrous war against China because successive Australian governments have surrendered the nation's strategic independence to Washington, former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser has warned. With tensions rising in the East China Sea between China and Japan, Mr Fraser said there was a real danger of conflict and that he had become "very uneasy" at the level of Australia's compliance with the US's strategic interests.
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What has been the biggest surprise since you left North Korea? Defector survey
From the execution of Jang Song Thaek last December to the death of Kim Jong Il two years prior, it’s safe to say that the past few years have witnessed some of the most significant changes in North Korea in decades. But while rumors about Kim Jong Il’s poor health had been swirling since 2008, the rapid purge and execution of Jang Song Thaek showed just how unpredictable events in North Korea can be.
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In U.S., when high-tech meets high court, high jinks ensue
One U.S. Supreme Court justice referred to Netflix as Netflick. Another seemed not to know that HBO is a cable channel. A third appeared to think most software coding could be tossed off in a mere weekend.
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This week, let’s dump a few ice buckets to wipe out malaria too
The ice bucket challenge is a symbol for much that’s wrong with contemporary charity: a celebration of good intentions without regard for good outcomes. It is iconic for what I call donor-focused philanthropy—making charitable giving about the giver, rather than about those who need help.
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Why the Trolls Will Always Win
This month is the 10-year anniversary of my first online threat. I thought it was a one-off, then. Just one angry guy. And it wasn’t really THAT bad. But looking back, it was the canary in the coal mine… the first hint that if I kept on this path, it would not end well. And what was that path? We’ll get to that in a minute.
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Elon Musk: ‘With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.’
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has warned about artificial intelligence before, tweeting that it could be more dangerous than nuclear weapons. Speaking Friday at the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics department’s Centennial Symposium, Musk called it our biggest existential threat
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Why the Idea of a Single Muslim State Keeps Coming Back
The last caliphate - that of the Ottomans - was officially abolished 90 years ago this spring. Yet in a 2006 Gallup survey of Muslims living in Egypt, Morocco, Indonesia and Pakistan, two-thirds of respondents said they supported the goal of "unifying all Islamic countries" into a new caliphate.
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The Man Who Writes His Dissenting Opinion in ALL CAPS
Terence Faulkner wrote 1/3 of the opposing arguments in this year's SF voter guide. And large chunks of them read like he's yelling at you.
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OSU Puts Committee in Tough Position
If you are a member of the College Football Playoff selection committee member reading this for whatever reason, I have some simple, timely advice. Run as fast as you possibly can and don’t look back...
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I Am Not Charlie Hebdo
The journalists at Charlie Hebdo are now rightly being celebrated as martyrs on behalf of freedom of expression, but let’s face it: If they had tried to publish their satirical newspaper on any American university campus over the last two decades it wouldn’t have lasted 30 seconds. Student and faculty groups would have accused them of hate speech. The administration would have cut financing and shut them down.
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$3 Tip on a $4 Cup of Coffee? Gratuities Grow, Automatically
The flat white coffee drink was $4. A suggested tip was $3. The cashier at Café Grumpy, a New York City coffeehouse, swiped the credit card, then whirled the screen of her iPad sales device around to face the customer. “Add a tip,” the screen commanded, listing three options: $1, $2 or $3. In other words: 25 percent, 50 percent or 75 percent of the bill.
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