http://www.amazon.com/against-prohibitionism-roadmap-controlled-re-legalization/dp/0984690409/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332698625&sr=8-1 http://www.world-war-d.com/ One can support the author by buying 'the book' from his site. This applies for the ebook version as well. Alternatively, one can just click here: World war-D Altho…
http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Applied-Modern-Life-Adjustment/dp/1111186634/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332697052&sr=8-1 I heard of the book from LessWrong. I was reading the series about the science of winning at life by Lukeprog and he recommended this book if one had…
It seems to me that Descartes' book "Meditations on First Philosophy" should have been called "First Philosophy of Medications". He was clearly a multi-substance user. ;) Also, other lame puns…
“If taking up mindfulness meditation does not seem to be a likely course of action for you anytime soon, there is a simpler way for you to increase your atten-…
More mainstream article that mentioned the study: http://news.yahoo.com/people-arent-smart-enough-democracy-flourish-scientists-185601411.html The actual paper: A Mathematical Model of Democratic Elections Original Dunning-Kruger paper: unskilledandunaware "Abstract: Democratic election is the preferred method for determining…
A friend of mine recently showed me a blog of one of her friends. Since it has an absurd amount of posts (like my blogs, but even more!), i tried…
From a 4chan thread: OP: What's the difference between nationalism and patriotism? Emil: l2google. Spent <5 mins on Google and found this. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/patriotism/#PatNat Because you may not know how to…
http://politiken.dk/videnskab/ECE1566364/forskere-syretrip-er-godt-mod-alkoholisme/ (danish) http://www.nature.com/news/lsd-helps-to-treat-alcoholism-1.10200 Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) for alcoholism meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Abstract: “Assessments of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in the treatment of alcoholism have not been based…
http://testyourvocab.com/blog/2011-09-10-Results-by-country.php Somewhat surprising Denmark and Norway (difference perhaps not statistically significant) are at the top. I was expecting to see France because most english words have french or latin (both…
Focus article: Intelligence and past use of recreational drugs Summary: (Using the 'the Savannah principle') one gets the idea that the smarter people are, the more likely it is that…