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If denying something could make it untrue just think of the possiblities. Poverty poof gone. Hunger poof gone and so on... Reality gets in the way, of course, just as it does with …

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Ten to twenty minutes of quiet meditation is a nice stress reliever but an hour or longer is just wasted time.

If the demand for corn drops because of a ban on HFCs, most of the corn farmers would just find some other crop to plant or planet more varieties that are used for other things.

"The iPad isn't for dumb people, it is for people who don't want to think about their computer anymore." These devices will eventually just become extensions of our ourselves as wi…

"green is just sensible irrespective of the actual facts." I totally agree with this position. There are numerous benefits to developing better clean air/water standards. The clima…

To each their own. I have looked it from both sides. The real-climate science camp seems genuinely concerned about causes and consequence of global warming. The other camp, call th…

Exactly right. The fervent nature of global warming denial-ism drives people to go to great lengths to undermine the real science and delay action.

Yeah, screw down-votes, I know right from wrong.

Every victory for AGW denial is a long term loss for all mankind.

Water is more important than food. A person can go a long time without food, but will die without water in just a few days time. I would observe what the local animals seem to be e…

I'm not so sure about the science. This quote is taken from the wiki article on Gary Taubes "Although Taubes has no formal training in nutrition or medicine, his book was praised a…

I was referring to concepts presented in "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite" by David Kessler. Of course, I wouldn't expect a lot of people …

American obsesity can correlated to eating too much salt, sugar and fat. Fast food makes it cheap and easy to get into a pattern where a significant portion of your daily intake is…

I've read a book that started with the author thanking God for granting him the insights presented in the book. Some of the more militant atheist might be offended by that. I just …

I'm not sure how relevant this is to HN. I know a lot of good engineers that are creationists. It doesn't seem to keep them from producing good work. Its more important for scienti…

This is true but we're a lot closer to isolating the nutrients that support memory and delay aging. You can also play "brain games" to stimulate neural activity and develop better …

There is a reality to aging, that's just something we can't escape. We can take measures to stay healthy and young in mind. Of course, experience and wisdom are good attributes to …

Should we start looking into techniques for keeping the mind and body young? One measure would probably be how quickly you can learn new technologies and methods for getting work d…

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You cannot fix something that you don't know is broken. Programming languages can have flaws just like anything else. Unless someone points them out they'll never be fixed. The ide…

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The whole line has been marred by the them continuing the ship buggy processors with the bios work-around. Would you buy another Phenom if you had the misfortune of getting one of …