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Conspiracy Theory Part two

It is not irrational to believe governments will sacrifice some of their citizens in order to get policies accepted that would otherwise be unenforcable. The Northwood Document, which escaped shredding by...

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Conspiracy Theory part one

“Conspiracy Theory” is a label used to dismiss a historical or political theory without going through the tedious effort of examining the evidence. It helps the process of dismissal that some,...

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Personality, Manifestation and the Law of Attraction

Some people report great success with  Manifesting and the law of attraction, others seem to be less successful. It seems likely that personality plays a role in how easily a person can use these techniques...

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Why voters are irrational

In my hubs on Scientific Spirituality I outlined various drivers of irrational behaviour. Here I will look at how  they affect political behaviour.   If we are aware of these drivers when listening to our...

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Forsaking Heaven

I  was recently introduced to a Filipino saying that means something like “You would forsake heaven and tread the depths of hell to follow your own wishes”, which I instantly recognised as  perfectly...

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Compilers and Intepreters

In my hub  on the development of programming languages I noted that a programming language is  a formal language  for communicating with a computer  without the ambiguity of human languages. One obvious...

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Spiritual and rational behaviour part two

In Spiritual and rational Behaviour I looked at commitment and loss aversion as drivers of irrational behaviour, without defining irrational behaviour. The definition L. Ron Hubbard. Founder of...

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Spiritual and rational behaviour

A certain type of scientific atheist regards an interest in spiritual development as evidence of irrationality, ignoring the abundant evidence that human behave irrationally and scientific research that...

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A beginning expatriate guide to Berlin

Settling into a new city can be difficult and when there is a language Barrier it can be even harder. Berlin is better than most because there are many nationalities and most people speak some...

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A sideways look at reincarnation

Many cultures have believed in reincarnation. In the East India, China -probably under Indian Influence -  and  Tibet. In the West  some Ancient Greeks embraced the idea, The Celts tended to believe in...

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