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The Novel Consequences of Honesty

Just listened to this segment on Dinner Party Download about “radical honesty.” I definitely agreed with the points made by Sam Harris.The Novel Consequences of Honesty Neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris’ new book explores his twenty year experiment in ‘radical honesty’ and discusses how even casual lying undermines human relationships. cross-posted on Facebook

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Response to Op-Ed in the Badger Herald: ‘Rape culture’ does not exist

I would welcome a legitimate debate on a concept well established and defined in the peer reviewed literature. But don’t bother reading this piece from the Badger Herald which tries to refute the whole discussion with 629 words. If the comments section is to be believed the piece’s aim is to prompt lively debate. The piece of …

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Chris Hadfield ejected from movie theatre for loudly heckling Gravity

“The last thing I heard him yelling was, ‘Have you been to space? Because I’ve been to space!’” hehehe!Chris Hadfield ejected from movie theatre for loudly heckling Gravity Responding to numerous patron complaints, the staff of the Empire Theatres Waterloo reportedly removed famed Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield after he would not stop heckling a screening …

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