Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Does Fear Lead to Fascism? A Culture of Fear and the Epigenetics of Terror

For the final hammer of fascism to fall, it will require the most crucial ingredient: the majority of the people will have to agree that it’s not only expedient but necessary. In times of “crisis,” expediency is upheld as the central principle—that is, in order to keep us safe and secure, the government must militarize the police, strip us of basic constitutional rights and criminalize virtually every form of behavior.

Woman stabbed at Art Basel Miami, gallery visitors confuse crime for modern art

A woman was stabbed at a Miami art gallery after accusing her attacker of following her around and repeatedly bumping into her. But although the victim was left bloody and fearing for her life, visitors didn't bat an eyelid, assuming it was a performance.

Mammograms Increase Risk of Breast Cancer

In 1982, the FDA approved thermography for breast cancer screening, yet most of the medical establishment is either unaware of it or still associates it with its early false start. Since most women are also uninformed of the technology there is no pressure on the medical community to support it.

Scientist Who Discovered GMOs Cause Tumors in Rats Wins Landmark Defamation Lawsuit in Paris

The jury is still out on GMO safety to say the very least, just as countless independent scientists have warned, and Séralini’s study stands as yet another cause for concern with the ongoing GMO experiment. It also shows the lengths that the Biotech industry will go to in order to discredit any independent science that clashes with their own version of science.

Robots Could Fill Half of Jobs in Japan by 2035

According to media reports, Japan's residents mostly welcomed the imminent "robo-revolution" because on the one hand it would allow the mitigation of economic pressure on the quickly growing number of aging people across the nation, while on the other it could provide job seekers with the ability to conduct more creative work.

What your father ate before you were born could influence your health

"We did not expect to see such important changes in epigenetic information due to environmental pressure," says Barrès. "Discovering that lifestyle and environmental factors, such as a person's nutritional state, can shape the information in our gametes and thereby modify the eating behaviour of the next generation is, to my mind, an important find," he adds.

Monday, 7 December 2015

The Future of the West Can Be Seen in the Soviet Past

The aspiration actively not to understand the essence of contemporary society, its hidden mechanisms and objective tendencies, has become the dominant force in the intellectual conditioning of Western society. People are prepared to spend time on anything except laboring over books which will land them with the burden of cognition of ugly reality. People are prepared to stuff their heads with anything but bitter and merciless truths.