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# Blame It On Bad Genes? Bullying can be inherited through your genes. Such
aggressive antisocial behavior, in fact, is more likely to be inherited than
are non-aggressive antisocial behaviors like delinquency, truancy, theft --
except among girls. The latest insight in the ongoing debate between nature,
see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/03/990310053751.htm
: Are you a bully? Did you inherit your bulliness? Do you have bad genes?
Should your genes be treated? Should you be removed from the gene pool? How?
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Morning Coffee Boosts Blood Pressure, Stress Hormones All Day. People who
drink 4 or 5 cups of coffee throughout the morning have slightly elevated
blood pressure and higher levels of stress hormones all day and into the
evening, creating a scenario in which the body acts like it is continually
under stress. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/03/990305070427.htm
: Are you permanently stressed? Is it more stressful to drink coffee, work
on your taxes, be abducted by aliens, look for a job, buy a car, or think?
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# Worshippers To 'Borrow' Cash From Goddess. HONG KONG (Reuters) Hundreds
of worshippers devoted to Buddhism - and money - queued outside Hong Kong
temples Friday to perform a "cash-borrowing" ritual. More than 200 people
waited at the Hung Hom temple to borrow money from Kuan Yin, the Buddhist
goddess of mercy, amid the territory's most severe economic recession in
decades. See http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990312/16/odd-goddess
: Do your deities loan you money? Do they charge interest? Are they loan-
sharks? Would you rather borrow from your own deities, steal from someone
else's deities, deal with demons, sell various of your relatives, or die?
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# Woman Cycles Naked, Man Eats Worms. WINNIPEG (Reuters) A stark naked woman
pedaled her bicycle down a busy street in freezing temperatures, a man ate a
plateful of worms and bugs, and a third person changed his name to an obsc-
enity. All were stunts aimed at a chance to win C$10,000 in a month-long
radio contest held by a rock station in this otherwise quiet city on the
Canadian Prairies. See http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990312/08/odd-contest
: What would you do for money? What would you do for voices in your head?
Would you obey alien hypnosis, mind-control rays, divine commands, threats?
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# Hawking predicts 'GM humans'. (BBC) Prof. Stephen Hawking paints a future
of genetically-redesigned humans - and the discovery of the mathematical
"theory of everything". He also said that if aliens had visited Earth -
quite unlikely - it would have been "more like Independence Day than ET".
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/specials/set99/newsid_295000/295982.stm
# Also: Mission to explain:
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/specials/set99/newsid_295000/295193.stm
# Prof Hawking moves in with The Simpsons:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_228000/228834.stm
# A brief history of the future:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_62000/62949.stm
: What's your favorite genetic modification? Will a "theory of everything"
let you change reality? Was ID4 more fun than ET? Who's your favorite alien?
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# Biotechnologists' work will reshape our world. (SJMN) The first part of
this century was shaped in terms of industrial development by chemists;
the middle part of the century was shaped by physicists; the final part by
computer scientists. The first part of the next century will be shaped by
biotechnologists. The most important thing this century was the invention of
a system of invention -- that was Thomas Edison's greatest contribution,
the R&D lab. http://www7.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/voices12.htm
: Once biotechnologists reshape our world, what then? What will come after
the biogenetics revolution? What's the best way to re-engineer reality? Why?
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# NOTHING IN YOUR EAR SMALLER THAN YOUR ELBOW - INCLUDING CANDLES. Ear-cand-
ling is re-emerging as another odd - and ineffective and dangerous - health
practice. It has caused burns, eardrum perforation & temporary hearing loss.
Earwax is a natural substance, and it serves a purpose. Use a washcloth on
your outer ear to remove excess - not a candle. And don't set your head on
fire: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=10384
: What's your favorite alternative health practice? Have you ever set your
head on fire? Did you notice? Do firecrackers work better than candles? Why?
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@ Alien Abductions and Researcher Bias. Abductees with positive-attitude
investigators more often feel positive about their abduction experiences.
But abductees with negative-attitude investigators more often feel negative
about their experiences. See http://www.ksinc.net/~devilsad/ufo.htm
: Does a positive-attitude investigator make you feel good about the aliens
that abducted, probed, implanted, molested and otherwise tortured you? Why?
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SkeptiLinks:
# Results from Australian "consensus conference" on genetically modified
foods: http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/consconf/splash.htm
# NASA to launch emergency repair trip to Hubble Space Telescope:
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9903/10/hubble.trouble.ap/
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/031199/hubble.sml
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/n99041.htm
# Satellite Failure Hits AP - The GE-3 satellite spins out of control,
forcing the Associated Press to turn to the Internet to distribute its
news stories. http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/18421.html
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