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    Image of The seven blunders of the world that lead to violence
    The seven blunders of the world that lead to violence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to non-violent, ideological leaders, Mahatma Gandhi has got to be toward the very top of the list. His resistance to British tyranny through mass civil disobedience is famous. Needless...

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    Image of Tough love - the philosophy of BDSM
    Tough love - the philosophy of BDSM
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No doubt about it - we humans have a strong desire for sexual intercourse. It certainly makes sense from an evolutionary perspective, as the desire helps further humanity. But some are programmed for...

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    Top 10 Cool Things to Do in Second Life - Braincrave intellectual discussions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Braincrave.com has been highlighted as one of the top 10 Cool Things to Do in Second Life for intellectual discussions! Of course, we're very honored and want to thank all of you who help us make...

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    Image of Apathy - ignorance going through the motions
    Apathy - ignorance going through the motions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Considered the third, best-selling poet of all time, Khalil Gibran once said "Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death." Apathy is defined as having a lack of emotion, interest, or conce...

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    Image of If women ruled the world
    If women ruled the world
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Do a search on the web and you'll find all sorts of criteria for what makes an effective leader. People can't even seem to agree on the definition of leadership. As a result, theories abound. But wha...

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    Image of America's leading leftist intellectual is angry
    America's leading leftist intellectual is angry
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "America's leading leftist intellectual" and MIT professor Noam Chomsky once remarked that "The U.S. is a leading terrorist state, as are its clients." He has said "that there is no War on Terror." H...

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    Image of Rules for intelligent discussion
    Rules for intelligent discussion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Our Second Life intellectual discussion group is about bringing people together who like to think. We have wonderful discussions in group chat but, in an effort to constantly improve our discussions...

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    Image of Zeitgeist - robots will fix everything
    Zeitgeist - robots will fix everything
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The folks at the Venus Project and the larger Zeitgeist movement think society has many problems, and they are concerned. Hard to disagree. When a doctor is trying to cure what ails you, he'll typica...

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    Image of TIL there are 100+ octillion moves in chess
    TIL there are 100+ octillion moves in chess
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there are 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 (approximately 1.70 x 10^29) ways to play the first ten moves in chess. (I also learned that there are "400 different possible ...

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    Image of Critical thinking
    Critical thinking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand wrote that the process of thinking "is the process of defining identity and discovering causal connections." She claimed that thinking is a choice - not an automatic function - and she admon...

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    Image of Ayn Rand vs. Mike Wallace - liberty vs. collectivism
    Ayn Rand vs. Mike Wallace - liberty vs. collectivism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand warned us. She did it in her books such as Atlas Shrugged (and, to a certain extent, >The Fountainhead). She did it on TV such as in this famous interview between her and Mike Wallace on...

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    Image of Morality, politics, and reason
    Morality, politics, and reason
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Putting aside the debates as to whether or not social psychology is less rigorous because it is a soft science, or whether or not it is really science at all, how closely do our political choices mir...

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    Image of Love is good for you
    Love is good for you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Everyone's familiar with the expression "love at first sight." But is that really the way love works? According to a recent scientific study, the answer is yes. But what about romance? What about val...

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    Image of The ultimate intelligence test
    The ultimate intelligence test
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many have developed tests that attempt to gauge a person's intelligence. There are many high IQ societies that use these tests as membership criteria. However, as of yet, the "secret" of intelligence...

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    Image of To the men and women of the mind - go on strike
    To the men and women of the mind - go on strike
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Making generalizations always comes with challenges. After all, just because a claim is oftentimes true doesn't make it fact in all cases. Although intellectual dishonesty abounds, I generally catego...

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    Image of Education school destroying teachers
    Education school destroying teachers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A study at the University of North Carolina concludes that non-education majors who get just six weeks of education training are generally better teachers than those who get a full two years of educa...

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    Image of Thinking about thinking
    Thinking about thinking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Thomas Jefferson warned that "Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong." A high I.Q. does not necessarily transla...

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    Image of Sex makes you smarter
    Sex makes you smarter
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you could trick your brain into perceiving an activity as pleasurable, thus activating dopamine receptors, could you enhance learning capacity? Do virtual simulations of people engaging in sex hav...

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    Image of The man of ideas
    The man of ideas
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    H.L. Mencken is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Among other interesting facts, he was against World War II and democ...

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    Image of Black Eyed Peas and the brain
    Black Eyed Peas and the brain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is music lobotomizing the brains of youth? Is it purposefully making them "retarded in here?" And if you start singing Black Eyed Peas songs through the end of the day, it's not my fault. FTA: "Ha...

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    Image of Sex, politics, religion, and IQ
    Sex, politics, religion, and IQ
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ Ha! Let the flame wars begin. DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Feb 27, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com...

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    Image of Sex and intelligence
    Sex and intelligence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People who practice BDSM are mostly educated, successful people coming from emotional stable families according to a large professional survey (BDSM/Fetish Demographics Survey). Even students at an a...

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    Image of Our Most Dangerous Pandemic
    Our Most Dangerous Pandemic
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Every act of communication - or non-communication - is a choice of influence. The essayist is confronted with a peculiar difficulty: he will have time to consider how he wants to influence others - w...

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    Mind sex - intellectual foreplay, chemistry, and the lonely sapiosexual
    editorial posted by c_prompt in dating
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