This Disconnect May Be Responsible For Many of Society's Problems.

A growing body of psychology research shows that incompetence deprivespeople of the ability to recognize their own incompetence. To put itbluntly, dumb people are too dumb to know it. Similarly, unfunny peopledon't have a good enough sense of humor to tell. The results are uniform across all the knowledge domains: People whoactually [...]

The Young Universe

The distribution of matter across the cosmos is most easily explained byinflation, a theory that suggests our universe inflated rapidly - justlike a balloon - shortly after its birth, according to new research.According to inflation, the universe expanded by a factor of at least1078 (that's 10 with 78 zeroes after it), all in less [...]

This Is One Example of Many...

 "In the traffic tests, about one-third ofdrivers in higher- status cars cut off other drivers at an intersectionwatched by the researchers, about double those in less costly cars.Additionally, almost half of the more expensive cars didn't yield when apedestrian entered the crosswalk while all of the lowest-status cars letthe pedestrian [...]

Never Underestimate Israel

'The officials who spoke to The Daily Beast said the doubters weren'tseeing the whole picture. One alluded to advanced technology that Israelpossesses that could not be factored into the analysis of expertsbecause it remains secret. Others said some skepticism-from analysts oreven from government insiders-always preceded Israel's major [...]

Truly We've Outstayed Our Welcome

A protester was shot dead in Logar province south of Kabul on Saturdayafter hundreds of protesters, many chanting "Death to America!" - aslogan heard at protests throughout this week -- charged at police,local officials said. Two people were wounded.Muslims consider the Koran to be the literal word of God and treat eachcopy with deep [...]

Another Example Displaying the Definition of Insanity

After fixing what they thought the problem was now it seems as though,"Neutrinos could move even faster than the speed of light thanpreviously suggested..." "But rather than invalidating the stunningsuperspeed finding, the flaw may have led scientists to underestimateit."So, the physicists will do the experiment again, and again.. They [...]

And to quote the good Doctor...

"What I can't understand is why you can'tsee (that life started from nothing and) is such a staggering, elegant,beautiful thing, why would you want to clutter it up with something somessy as a God," Dawkins told Williams, according to The Daily Telegraphaccount.Richard DawkinsCan't argue with that logic can you?Consul Nicholas Mooreh [...]

Why is the human brain shrinking?

"The reduction in brain size may be proof that we have tamed ourselves,just as we domesticated sheep, pigs, and cattle, all of which aresmaller-brained than their wild ancestors. The more I learn, the morebaffled I become that news of our shrinking brain has been sounderplayed, not just in the media but among scientists. "It's strange,I [...]

Ignorance

"You can't change a thousand years in ten years, and it's not worth thecost of American lives to try to any longer. Because of some ignorantservice members recently burning some Qurans whatever few inches we hadgained we've now lost... It's well over time our leaders stop being sostubborn and bring our troops home... But then again [...]

The Smarter We Get The Dumber We Get

During the AAAS meeting, there was a new development abroad in thecontroversy over whether research by American and Dutch scientists on amutant form of the bird flu virus -- which is potentially capable ofspreading in humans -- should be made public.Bird flu experts at the World Health Organization meeting in Geneva lastweek agreed that [...]

Iran warships 'enter the Mediterranean'

Iran warships 'enter the Mediterranean'"Does every day feel like we're drawing closer to a positive outcome?No? Well then why do people still live with their heads in the clouds?Everyone should be more alert..."Consul Nicholas Moore http://news.yahoo.com/iran-warships-enter-mediterranean-092951653.html [...]

99 Problems

"What's sad is when someone who works a job like a soldier, having todeploy for a year or more at a time, they can't go home to theirsupportive wife at the end of the day. They go back to a room withsomeone they were probably working with all day. But even still to havea supportive wife can mean the difference between life and death [...]

The Answer Is There But They Can't Make Sense Of It

"They don't like what they see, so they'll keep at it till they do... ortill they can fabricate something without the public noticing. Theydon't like what science is showing them now because if something travelsfaster than the speed of light then cause and effect as we know these tobe is obsolete; and this doesn't make much sense. If [...]

A Scary New Disease With No Known Cause or Cure

Investigations have looked at possible links between the disease and everything from a parasite that causes river blindness, to malnutrition and the after-effects of a civil war that ravaged northern Uganda for decades. "We looked at all this, but unfortunately we were not able to pinpoint any significant contributing or risk factors," [...]

12 Scary Debt Facts for 2012

As President Obama unveiled the 2013 fiscal year budget, the nation's financial situation came back into sharp focus. Experts say partisan gridlock in Washington means the budget will probably go nowhere. Considering this is an election year, however, expect politicians to harp on facts, figures and terms that most Americans weren't [...]

The System Our Finding Fathers Designed

"It turns out that our founders designed a system that makes it moredifficult to bring about change than I would like sometimes..."President Obama If one studies the foundation our nation was built upon they'll discovera reputable union meant to function for the best interest of the"people." Our government was meant to be one where the [...]

The era of bullying nations has passed.

The arrogant powers cannot monopolize nuclear technology. They tried to prevent us by issuingsanctions and resolutions but failed," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a live television broadcast."Our nuclear path will continue."http://news.yahoo.com/iran-trumpets-atom-advances-deepening-standoff-west-121448512.html [...]

China and Russia know exactly what they are doing.

Even as visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping got the red-carpet treatment from President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, the White House on Tuesday accused China and Russia of effectively giving Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a "license to kill" the critics of his regime by vetoing a United Nations Security Council [...]

Great Minds Unite With Greater Minds…

“Great minds unite with greater minds and the wise value their enemies… But to what avail?” L.L Brunk “We’ve all heard the expression, “Birds of a feather flock together,” meaning similar people tend to associate with each other. We are going to make a presumption regarding this old saying; Great minds gather and share great [...]