Britain cannot put its faith in religiously divided schools
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:57:41 -0800 (PST)
ALTHOUGH a third of England's state schools are already under
religious control, the Government has decided to create even more of
them.
In a private deal with a number of religious leaders, Ministers have
committed themselves to remove "unnecessary barriers to the creation
of new faith schools", to give such sch ...
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The long and the short of suicide
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:40:20 -0800 (PST)
From the Telegraph:
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Height at birth doubles suicide risk - study
January 18 2008 at 02:05PM
Paris - Male babies born shorter than average were more than twice as
likely to attempt suicide as adults, especially by violent means,
according to a study released on Thursday.
Even among men of normal he ...
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New 'error of judgement' Labour - old chip on the shoulder
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:10:00 -0800 (PST)
Gordon Brown is the scotch puritan that even the Wee Frees are trying
to distance themselves from. He's such a joyless, deliberate creep. I
wonder why people think that he's clever.
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Our chippy ministers revive the class war
By Simon Heffer
It hasn't taken long since the departure of our surprisingly much ...
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The philosophy of pain?
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:57:15 -0800 (PST)
The Philosophy of Pain
Scientific ethics dealing with experimentation is dominated by the
need to minimize or avoiding inflicting pain on animals or humans.
The pain is conscious pain. Peter Asbhy has suggested in a new
scientist letter that the experience of pain requires a brain ? so
apparent suffering when ...
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Humane Execution?
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:51:16 GMT
There was an excellent Horizon last night, with Michael Portillo on a
quest to see if he can find a "humane" form of execution.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/executions/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7183957.stm
I have no doubt that the vast majority of Humanists oppose ...
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Help a postgraduate student by participating in a study and get an
Amazon gift certificate
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:31:56 -0800 (PST)
Hello, my name is Bethany Heywood and I?m a postgraduate student at
the Institute of Cognition and Culture at Queen?s University Belfast.
I hope this post isn?t too off-topic or spam-like, but if anyone feels
it is, feel free to get rid of it. I?m currently running a study that
I think some of you might be intere ...
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Latest European figures show 3.2% increase in animal experimentation
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:12:32 -0800 (PST)
All members of uk.philosophy.humanism
Latest figures show Animal Testing is up overall by 3.2% to 12.1
million in 2005. This is despite European Commission and member
state?s individual promises to reduce and replace the use of animals
in experiments.
Some details for 2005:-
Dogs 22,000
Cats 3,600
Primates ...
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Poetry book ranks-24.Ponder Awhile by Mohit.K.Misra,187.The Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:45:32 -0800 (PST)
Poetry book ranks-24.Ponder Awhile by Mohit.K.Misra,187.The Sonnets by
William Shakespeare
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by Mohit K. Misra
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187The Sonnets
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Neural effects of marketing
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:30:09 -0800 (PST)
This article might be of interest:
From The Sunday TimesJanuary 13, 2008
High price makes wine taste betterJonathan Leake and Elizabeth Gibney
RESTAURANTS charging inflated prices for wine could be doing their
customers a favour. A study has found that people who pay more for a
product do enjoy it more.
...
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Broken bullshit detectors
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:47:53 -0800 (PST)
From the Telegraph:
Lies, damn lies and 'counterknowledge'
By Damian Thompson
Outright fiction is being peddled as historical and scientific fact,
warns Damian Thompson in an extract from his provocative new book
George Bush planned the September 11 attacks. The MMR injection
triggers autism in childre ...
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