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Insanity & Doom Update LX
Item Item removed! I was too eager for Doom and was hoaxed. Pure laziness on my part. Well, partial stupidity, too. Thanks to Valeriu for the tip. See the comment…
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The Week In Doom — Nadless Mark Hamill Edition
Item Lulu and Nana: First genetically modified babies born in China, researcher says How were Lulu's and Nana's genes modified? The inner life of cells is difficult to explain without…
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SAT’s Adversity Score New Way To Enforce Racial Quotas
The College Board will soon attach Pity Points to SAT scores. The Pity Points will be used to suggest that those who scored poorly did not in fact score poorly…
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Case Study Of How Easy It Is To Go Wrong
We used to talk a lot about the amygdala here: Yet Another Study "Proves" Liberal, Conservative Brain Differences (wee ps, amygdalas), Scientists Suddenly Discover Men Don't Understand Women (wee ps,…
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The Week In Doom — You Will Love Butt Brother Edition
Item Blurred lines: A pregnant man's tragedy tests gender notions When the man arrived at the hospital with severe abdominal pains, a nurse didn't consider it an emergency, noting that…
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This Week In Doom — Opioid Marketing Edition
Item Accused NY Murderer Gets Charge Dropped Thanks To New Infanticide Law But part of the new infanticide law that Governor Andrew Cuomo just signed "removes abortion from the state's…
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Nature Advocates Using Children To Propagandize Parents
Nature magazine has published the article "Ignorant children should be used to propagandize their more knowledgeable parents." I might have got the title wrong (click link for actual), but it's…
