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...firm up their values when they are in their 20s, but some people experience conversions to new religions, new political parties, new artistic tastes and even new cuisines after middle age. As Kanazawa notes, this multiplicity of views - a multiplicity you find within both cultures and individuals - is one reason economists have largely abandoned the study of values with a single Latin phrase, De gustibus non est disputandum: there's no accounting for taste. (See pictures of John 3:16 in pop culture...
Wursig suspects Tilikum lashed out for much the same reason that humans lash out. "Even though whales are bright and very well trained, they can show aggressivity if they feel threatened or if they're in a bad mood," he says. "It can also be displacement, if they haven't had a good time with their pod members...
...stuck. I’d like to say that’s the only reason the nickname’s been around, even two years later. In reality, the seemingly innocent joke transformed itself into a nickname for an “alter ego” that my friends insist I have...
Chatting online with strangers is only ever one of two things: creepy or demoralizing. Remember when you deleted your MySpace account circa sixth grade because you started getting friend requests from SeXaayGuy69 and LetzCyber4ever? That’s the same reason we should all just close the Chatroulette tab for good...
...system is in danger of collapsing, the central bank can provide liquidity, but only a Treasury can deal with problems of solvency.” Europe is now experiencing an unfortunate situation where member countries can create unsustainable deficits or be home to failing financial systems and for this reason place the entire economic system and currency at risk. Greece’s current fiscal situation, in which the government is struggling immensely to pay the bills and teetering on the edge of financial collapse, is a prime example of this, as a Greek default could create a dangerous...