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    Are Liberals More Intelligent Than Conservatives?

    DECEMBER 13, 2010 5:55PM

    By nanatehay


    Topics: savanna-iq interaction hypothesis, satoshi kanazawa, young country, intelligence, evolution, conservatives, liberals

    • Editor's Pick
    • 63 Ratings
    • 11055 Views
    • 93 Comments
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    Ignorance is Bliss?

    MARCH 5, 2010 9:07AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: is it better to be stupid?, intelligence, robo tripping, house

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 2073 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Killing Me Softly (With This Economy)

    FEBRUARY 9, 2012 10:43PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: gave up, not interested, bum, handout, lazy, unemployed, employment, overseas, jobs, semiconductors, manufacturing, production, marketing, sales, door-to-door, experience, self employment, work ethic, desire to work, training, education, intelligence, entrepreneurial spirit, hard work, employment, unemployment myths debunked, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 3489 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    To Meat or Not to Meat?

    AUGUST 25, 2010 5:28PM

    By David Fumarola


    Topics: conflicted carnivores, open call, animals, meat, dinner, vegan, vegetarian, eat, corvid, primates, dining, intelligence, food

    • 21 Ratings
    • 728 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    the obvious

    OCTOBER 18, 2010 5:45PM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: comedy, atheism, nonbelief, belief, soul, body, mind, physiology, intelligence, brain

    • 24 Ratings
    • 801 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Selective Intelligence: A Dirty Little Secret

    FEBRUARY 22, 2010 10:18AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: intelligence, flakiness, true confessions, experimenting with the kind of title that makes people look, even though it makes me feel icky

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2233 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Don't Get Smart With Me!

    OCTOBER 19, 2008 1:24PM

    By Lonnie Lazar


    Topics: intelligence, stupidity, iq, test, speed, time, pressure, knowledge, history, language, culture, open call, beta corps

    • 41 Ratings
    • 2333 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Be kinder, but sharper: an OS manifesto

    DECEMBER 30, 2008 1:11PM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: os, politics, kindness, intelligence, fairplay

    • 30 Ratings
    • 1013 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    When A Dog Is Just Too Smart for Zoe and Me

    JANUARY 17, 2011 6:00PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: search and rescue, boot, pranks, retrieve, dog, intelligence, oliver

    • 25 Ratings
    • 1536 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Some Musings On This Week With Mark Twain

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 6:17AM

    By Stephen McGuire


    Topics: politics, religion, congress, mark twain, gays, zombies, half-wits, governors, antichrist, tit on a tree, rhesus monkey, intelligence, os

    • 4 Ratings
    • 1713 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Information, Intelligence, and Nature

    FEBRUARY 15, 2009 1:25PM

    By jeffrey dach md


    Topics: and nature, intelligence, information

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 19009 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    World's Smartest Man is a Bouncer; Thoughts on Intelligence

    MARCH 19, 2009 6:28PM

    By Travis D'arby


    Topics: intelligence, smart, iq

    • 15 Ratings
    • 6186 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    six images for susan

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 2:44PM

    By bbd


    Topics: six pretty things, six pretty things for susan, intelligence, art, passion, os, friends, susanmb, susan, photo, photos, photography, flowers, health

    • 7 Ratings
    • 1610 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    The First Obama Betrayal?

    NOVEMBER 11, 2008 4:18AM

    By Rick Lucke


    Topics: obama, politics, president-elect, surveillance, spying, intelligence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1268 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    OK, What IF the Bomb Had Gone Off?

    JANUARY 7, 2010 11:17AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: nicolle wallace, daily beast, terrorist, obama, security, intelligence

    • 13 Ratings
    • 625 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Alternatives: New Things, New Ways, New Ideas and Hope

    JANUARY 30, 2012 5:45PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: credit, agriculture, history, intelligence, efficiency, resources, prosperity, peace, civilization, freedom, jobs, manufacturing, doom, end of the world, survival, ingenuity, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, acid rain, watt, coal, shale oil, tar sands, hydraulic fracturing, fracking, fossil fuels, energy dependence, oil, power generation, biomimetics, nanotechnology, new technology, battery, power, wave, water, solar, wind

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1859 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Chasing Beauty: An Addict's Memoir

    SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 10:28PM

    By Lisa Hickey


    Topics: beauty, addiction, anti-aging, obsession, men, women, intelligence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1236 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    An Injured Dog Takes Himself to the Hospital Emergency Room

    MARCH 18, 2010 11:50AM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: emergency room, hospital, intelligence, injury, dog

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1286 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Just-In-Time Jeopardy

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 5:08AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: new rule, rules, justice, fairness, stupidity, intelligence, trust, ethics, logic, decision-making, competition, television, jeopardy!, philosophy, technology

    • 18 Ratings
    • 1656 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Why beer makes you smarter

    JANUARY 29, 2009 7:43AM

    By Moana


    Topics: darwin, buffalo, intelligence, beer

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