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  • Boomers Smoking

    I agree with the Dr.'s post previous to mine. I believe that each of us has a right to do what we think is best for us. I believe marijuana has many medicinal uses and that this slight risk is less than most presciption medications on the market. Look at the side effects of some of these meds and tell me would you rather take them or smoke ...
    Posted to Science by Conita1 on September 28, 2009

  • We "invented" dogs?

    Take an animal husbandry class. We invented more than just dogs, we ''invented'' every single domesticated species on the planet. You think thoroughbred horses are just found wild? Or Hereford cattle? Or how about the Japanese Wagyu cattle which produce $300 per pound Kobe beef? Yeah Kobe beef doesn't come from that same scrawny cow that gave you ...
    Posted to Human Nature by slysly77 on April 17, 2008

  • It's not easy being mean (a mean germ)

    There is real meaning in the concept of the selfish gene ...
    Posted to Science by drugdoc on March 19, 2008

  • Prudie's bathroom literature advice dangerously wrong

    In ''When good co-workers have bad bathroom habits,'' a Slate home page ''video Prudie'' that started automatically, Prudence for Slate V advised that reading magazines left in public bathrooms is completely safe. She authoritatively stated in an authoritative manner: ''Believe me, the reading material is safe.'' She is flat out wrong. What's ...
    Posted to Slate V: News and Politics by glinteye on December 2, 2007

  • Book Recommendation

    I'm reading a Pulitzer-prize-winning book, called ''Guns, Germs, and Steel,'' by Jared Diamond. It's an analysis of why societies evolved the way they did. It starts by recounting some major events in Europe's conquest of the New World. It asks why it is that such an absurdly tiny collection of Spanish conquistadors were able to defeat the ...
    Posted to Kausfiles Special by Arkady on June 22, 2007