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Is overpopulation a myth?
I happened across this website http://overpopulationisamyth.com, which raises some interesting arguments against the notion that overpopulation is a real problem.
Although it isn't obvious from the site. It appears to be backed by the Population…
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Can we determine the percentage of statistics made up out of thin air?
Comedian Stephen Wright once joked that 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Recently, Arizona Senator and notably stubborn Jon Kyl provided us with the most famous example of just such behavior.
He can be seen here, stating that well…
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Could "Generation Z" be the most conservative one since WW2?
I've found several sources that explain that "Generation Z" could be the most conservative one since the end of WW2.
Some of the sources, are the ones that follow:
Dailymail: They don't like drugs or gay marriage, and they HATE tattoos: Is…
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Are there cultures who swear oaths of servitude for saving of a life?
In the book Robinson Crusoe (and to a lesser extent the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), there is a character who, when his life is saved by the protagonist, swears allegiance (and, basically, servitude) until death or the favor is returned. It…
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How many people does it take to keep a secret?
On the Wikipedia entry on Vesna Voluvic, who holds the Guiness book work record on surviving the highest fall without a parachute, a conspiracy theory claiming the plane got shot by the army got debunked as follows:
One source does not support…
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