Rich People Have Less Compassion, Psychology Research Suggests
Well DUH ! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/rich-people-compassion-mean-money_n_1416091.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009&ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
100 Real Tweets from Homophobes Who Would Murder Their Gay Child
Utterly horrible: On March 12, 2012, the hashtag #ToMyUnbornChild became a trending topic. People used this hashtag to “tweet to” their future child. Here are 100 real tweets from real people — all within 24 hours — saying they would murder their child if he or she was gay. Read more: http://storify.com/homophobes/100-homophobes-who-would-kill-their-gay-child
Lucretius, Man Of Modern Mystery : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
Before he became a Professor of literature at Harvard, and way before he wrote his classic Shakespeare biography, Will in The World, Stephen Greenblatt was an I’ll-read-anything kind of kid. One day, he was standing in the campus book store, and there, in a bin, selling for ten cents (good price, even in 1961) he [...]
Religion explained with Sudoku
Science figures things out, piece by piece. It’s not always easy, but you’ll occasionally have a breakthrough that allows you to fill in more pieces. The bigger picture ultimately becomes clear, even if the details aren’t complete. Religion just assigns an automatic explanation to everything. There’s no need to question. Nothing to figure out. Just [...]
