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Comment Another reason to stick with HTC (Score 1) 300

by Loucks on Thursday October 16, 2008 @06:30PM (#25406321) Attached to: Android Also Comes With a Kill-Switch

A not-quite-smartphone? With a "kill switch?" I'll pass. Now that HTC's offerings are really beginning to provide an excellent smartphone experience there's no reason to put up with the limitations designed into Android. I'll stick with my 6800 with a custom ROM for the time being.

Scientists Deliver 'God' Via A Helmet 1020

Posted by Zonk on Monday October 08, 2007 @12:23AM from the don't-forget-the-devil-in-the-details dept.

prostoalex writes "Scientific American is reporting on scientific work done to map the euphoric religious feelings within the brain. As a result, it's now quite possible to experience 'proximity to God' via a special helmet: 'In a series of studies conducted over the past several decades, Persinger and his team have trained their device on the temporal lobes of hundreds of people. In doing so, the researchers induced in most of them the experience of a sensed presence — a feeling that someone (or a spirit) is in the room when no one, in fact, is — or of a profound state of cosmic bliss that reveals a universal truth. During the three-minute bursts of stimulation, the affected subjects translated this perception of the divine into their own cultural and religious language — terming it God, Buddha, a benevolent presence or the wonder of the universe.""

Politically Incorrect Observations About Human Nature 613

Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 07, 2007 @11:15PM from the keep-it-civil dept.

gsa writes "Why do men prefer blonds? Why are most suicide bombers Muslim? Psychology Today analyzes some of these non-politically-correct questions in this essay about ten politically-incorrect truths about human nature. It turns out there may be an evolutionary or psychological explanation for all of these observations. For example, 'Sociologists and demographers have discovered that couples who have at least one son face significantly less risk of divorce than couples who have only daughters. Why is this? ... There is relatively little that a father (or mother) can do to keep a daughter youthful or make her more physically attractive. The continued presence of (and investment by) the father is therefore important for the son, but not as crucial for the daughter. The presence of sons thus deters divorce and departure of the father from the family more than the presence of daughters, and this effect tends to be stronger among wealthy families.'" Update: 07/08 05:51 GMT by Z :Removed sentence that misquoted article.

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