Thought for the day
Glaub, was wahr ist; Lieb, was rar ist; Trink, was klar ist” “Believe what is true; love what is rare; drink what is clear”. My reaction: This could be comfortably folded into a list of Epicurean beliefs.
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Would the military support the Constitution?
Fewer than 1 percent of the population currently serve in uniform, and 7 percent are military veterans. The number of Gold Star families — the term for those who lost a family member to combat — is about 7,000 from Iraq and Afghanistan. There is a discussion among military families, veterans and scholars that begins …
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Aliens are watching us?
Aliens will arrive on Earth after studying us for years. Uri Geller has claimed that extraterrestrial contact is imminent and aliens have been studying us for years. The 74-year-old said aliens will arrive during something akin to a “Steven Spielberg production”, possibly on the grounds of the White House. Speaking to The Sun ”newspaper” the …
Elephants evolving without tusks
Poachers killed so many elephants for their ivory during the 1977-1992 Mozambican civil war that elephants rapidly evolved to be naturally tuskless. Male and female elephants usually have tusks, but a few are born without. Because so many of the species were killed during the war the tuskless were much more likely to pass on …
Declining births: is civilisation going to crumble?
Speaking at a corporate event last week, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk lamented that too many “good, smart people” were worried about the global population growing out of control. The real problem, he insisted, was quite the opposite: “There are not enough people. I can’t emphasise this enough, there are not enough people.” “Please …
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