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  • 5 Strange Phenomena Around the World Explained

    5 Strange Phenomena Around the World Explained0

    1. The Door to Hell – This bizarre-looking crater that is filled with fire and flames has been burning nonstop for over 40 years.  Back in 1971, Soviet geologists found a plot of land that they suspected was rich with oil.  They quickly began drilling operations, but after some time failed to find any oil.  After failing to

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  • You Don’t Need a “Passion Project,” You Need a Purpose

    You Don’t Need a “Passion Project,” You Need a Purpose0

    Not long ago, I listened to a thirty-year-old man tell his much older and newly-retired parent, “You need to find your passion.” Really? “Maybe he just wants to enjoy the scenery a while, hang out with his grandkids, and read some books on the beach,” I thought. But evidently I’m in the minority these days. It

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  • Privacy is Disappearing

    Privacy is Disappearing0

    According to IVPM, which calls itself “the world’s leading video surveillance information source,” Americans “vastly underestimate” how often their movements are recorded on closed-circuit television (CCTV): “The majority of 1,000 respondents to this Google Consumer Survey assumed they were recorded on CCTV camera 4 times or less per day.” But the real number is about ten times

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  • Organizing a “SlutWalk” Doesn’t Mean You’re Empowered

    Organizing a “SlutWalk” Doesn’t Mean You’re Empowered0

    Ladies and gentlemen, mark your calendars—Amber Rose just announced she’ll be organizing yet another “SlutWalk” this fall in downtown Los Angeles. Not familiar with Amber Rose? She’s a stripper turned dancer-model-actress who was propelled to mainstream celebrity status thanks mainly to her prior disastrous relationships with Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa. Not sure what a

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  • How an Archer With No Arms Set a World Record

    How an Archer With No Arms Set a World Record0

    It’s not everyday that you get to witness records for any kind of sport being broken, but last year we got to witness a truly amazing feat, as Paralympic archer Matt Stutzman acquired the Furthest accurate distance in Men’s archery title. At a private golf club in McKinney, Texas, Matt, the ‘armless archer,’ loosed an arrow from

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  • Healthy: Let Your Beliefs Be Challenged

    Healthy: Let Your Beliefs Be Challenged0

    One of the more frustrating things for me is when supposedly educated people refuse to tolerate challenges to their beliefs. Either they rebuff all tough questions with a desire not to discuss potentially controversial subjects. Or they quickly become angry and quash any chance for civil dialogue. Or, they resort to a mindless repetition of

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  • Facebook, surveillance capitalism, and feedback control

    Facebook, surveillance capitalism, and feedback control0

    On May 10, a United States Senate Committee sent a letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, asking him to respond to accusations that “employees of Facebook routinely suppressed conservative political viewpoints on the social network.” Former Facebook employees reportedly said that they had manipulated the content of “Trending Topics,” which displays news based on recent popularity, pages that

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  • Bonhoeffer on the ‘Levelling Down’ of Society

    Bonhoeffer on the ‘Levelling Down’ of Society1

    Not long ago, University of Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen made a startling announcement: “My students are know-nothings.” As Intellectual Takeout previously noted, Deneen believes that this lack of knowledge is the result of “civilizational commitment to civilizational suicide.” Thus, even while society claims to advance deep thought and educational excellence, society instead produces mediocre

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  • Are Today’s Conservatives Actually ‘Conservative’?

    Are Today’s Conservatives Actually ‘Conservative’?0

    It is common in political discourse these days to pit “conservatives” against “liberals.” The former ideological group, we are told by the media, are in crisis, while the latter group is in the ascendant in American culture and politics. And self-designated conservatives have repeatedly let us know that presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is not

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