A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live
According to a 2012 poll, almost half of Chinese consider themselves “convinced atheists”
Captain, the most elementary and valuable statement in science, the beginning of wisdom, is ‘I do not know.’
— Data, Star Trek: TNG
Obama promises more oversight for drone strikes, progress on closing Guantanamo Bay
Over four years into his tenure, President Barack Obama says he is reining in drone strikes. In a speech on the future of counterterrorism, Obama announced that he had signed a presidential…
Now let’s see some follow through with these promises.
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Yeah I hate when people say "I'm so OCD about this." No you're not, OCD is debilitating and consuming, you're just compulsive.
from:tiberiusly
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Exactly. And a lot of it is related to people’s need to be a ~special snowflake~ too
You can have obsessions and compulsions without having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and it’d be great if people stopped self-diagnosing themselves or saying that they’re “slightly OCD.”
Xbox One requires plugged-in Kinect to function
All Xbox One units will ship with a Kinect sensor, and the Xbox One must have the new Kinect sensor plugged in at all times in order to run, said Microsoft representatives in a Q&A about the…
And with that, my desire for this console dropped even further.
Dead and alive: Beliefs in contradictory conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy theories can form a monological belief system: a self-sustaining worldview comprised of a network of mutually supportive beliefs. The present research shows that even endorsement of mutually incompatible conspiracy theories are positively correlated. In Study 1(n = 137), the more participants believed that Princess Diana faked her own death, the more they believed that she was murdered. In Study 2 (n = 102), the more participants believed that Osama Bin Laden was already dead when U.S. special forces raided his compound in Pakistan, the more they believed he is still alive. Hierarchical regression models showed that mutually incompatible conspiracy theories are positively associated because both are associated with the view that the authorities are engaged in a cover-up (Study 2). The monological nature of conspiracy belief appears to be driven not by conspiracy theories directly supporting one another, but by broader beliefs supporting conspiracy theories in general.
