Monday, 7 December 2015
First worldwide survey of religion and science
The study's results
challenge longstanding assumptions about the science-faith interface.
While it is commonly assumed that most scientists are atheists, the
global perspective resulting from the study shows that this is simply
not the case.
Let Them Eat Cake: The Army of Fanatics at the Heart of Europe
The traitors responsible for the coming horrors will not escape the
judgment of history. Nor, if justice is served, will they escape
prosecution and punishment for what are, by their own liberal ideology,
unmistakable crimes against humanity. Decade after decade, the liberal elite have deliberately encouraged the murder, rape, impoverishment and
ethnic cleansing of Europe’s indigenous White population. While they are
up, Europe is down. As Europe rises, they will fall.
Sense of purpose in life linked to lower mortality and cardiovascular risk
The analysis showed a lower risk of death for participants with a high
sense of purpose in life. After adjusting for other factors, mortality
was about one-fifth lower for participants reporting a strong sense of
purpose, or ikigai.
We Don't Really Know What's Happening
The good news in all of this comes when we accept the facts and stop
running our brains on bad information. Yes, it would be nice to know
what’s really going on, but we don’t, and there isn’t much we can do
about it. So, it’s time to stop treating the news seriously.
Is Science Kind of a Scam?
The way scientists do think makes us aware of how we can think.
Samuel Johnson said that a performer riding on three horses may not
accomplish anything, but he increases our respect for the faculties of
man. The scientists who show that nature rides three horses at once—or
even two horses, on opposite sides of the universe—also widen our
respect for what we are capable of imagining, and it is this action, at
its own spooky distance, that really entangles our minds.
Labels:
community,
history,
imagination,
philosophy,
physics,
psychology,
research,
science
Meet the woman leading China's new organic farming army
"I don't think there's anything low about being a farmer," muses Wang. "It's not like we don't have any pressure to do
well, it's just a different kind of pressure. Working in other jobs, you
might be staying up late and having a lot of anxiety. Here, it's about
solving problems. For example, 'Are the chickens laying enough eggs? Is
there an issue with the tomatoes?' This is the kind of stress I can deal
with, and the work feels positive overall."
Labels:
community,
economics,
farming,
food,
government,
health,
technology
Friday, 4 December 2015
Islamic Society students disrupt university lecture on blasphemy and make 'death threat'
"Muslim students who attended the event were shocked and horrified by
statements made by Namazie, and peacefully expressed their dissent to
the disrespectful cartoons shown of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). These
students were subsequently made subject to unnecessary bullying, abuse
and violence by the ASH society and security staff."
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