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From Critical Thinking: George Carlin ~ The American Dream?
If you view nothing else on this site, at least take 3 minutes to watch this video on the demise of the “American Dream”.
Call me a conspiracy theorist! I am a firm believer in the deliberate “dumbing down of America”. If you need proof – just ask yourself – When governments need to cut their budgets, what gets cut first? – Education! But, there is plenty of money to bail out large corporations and pay for our numerous, useless wars. In spite of our government’s propaganda, the USA’s creativity, innovation and ability to compete on the world stage is heading down the toilet.
Roman Empire, here we come!
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Healthy Living:
Sugar May Be Bad, But This Sweetener is Far More Deadly
Scientists have proved for the first time that fructose, a cheap form of sugar used in thousands of food products and soft drinks, can damage human metabolism and is fueling the obesity crisis. Be sure to read the comments following the videos.
7 Instant Health Checks to Save Your Life
Two Foods You Should Never, Ever Eat After Exercise and the Benefits of High Intensity Training
Sitting Down Increases Risk of Death Regardless of Physical Activity
Studies Prove that Tylenol PM and Other Drugs Make Your Brain Stop Working…
Rewire Your Brain:
Perceptions Are Beliefs That Permeate Every Cell:
While most of us are aware of the healing influences of the placebo effect, but are you aware of its evil twin, the nocebo effect? Just as surely as positive thoughts can heal, negative ones – including the belief we are susceptible to an illness, can actually manifest the undesired realities of those thoughts. The expression of the body is a complement to the mind’s perceptions, or, in simpler terms, believing is seeing!
Can You Change Your Mind by Changing Your Sensations?
Meditation Rapidly Improves Brain Functioning
Science Explores Meditation’s Effect on the Brain : NPR
7 Brain-Based Ways to Relieve Stock Market Anxiety:
The Latest From Behavioral Economics: Being Hungry Makes Traders Take Bigger Risks In The Market
Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman on Behavioral Economics
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Critical Thinking:
Collapse of The “American Empire” in 5 Stages
“Imperial collapse may come much more suddenly than many historians imagine. A combination of fiscal deficits and military overstretch suggests that the United States may be the next empire on the precipice.” Is America on the edge?
Political Ads, Infomercials and Other Things That Discourage Critical Thinking
Have We Become a Nation of Aristocrats and Servants?
Reinvent Yourself:
The Final 1%: Where Dreams Are Vanquished Or Vanished
In nearly every element of life, the ability to push hard through the final 1% of an already limit-shredding experience doesn’t give you a 1% advantage…it delivers you into the realm of greatness, of transcendence. Of revelation. The final 1% is where winners are born. Where magic unfolds…
MIT OpenCourseWare reaches 2,000-course Milestone
Nutrition:
12 Foods With Super-Healing Powers:
As part of a healthy diet, whole foods play a significant role in helping our bodies function optimally. There are hundreds of extremely nutritious whole foods, but the dozen on this list do more than contribute healthy nutrients—they help you heal. In fact, every food on this list boasts multiple healing effects, from fighting cancer to reducing cholesterol, guarding against heart disease, and more.
The 10 Best Foods for Flat Abs
Foods and Nutrients That Help and Hurt Bone Health
Can This Miracle Spice Stop Cancer, Alzheimer’s and Arthritis?
Mind-Body Fitness:
Why High-Intensity Interval Training?
So you just don’t have a lot of time to get some good exercise? Bored with the usual cardio exercises? Well, skip half of “Dancing With the Schmucks” and try this. If you’re looking for weight loss and increased cardio functioning without burning through muscle mass in the shortest possible time, HIIT is the answer. It is intense, so incorporate this type of workout gradually. If you have not exercised much lately, you should probably get your doctors O.K. before starting. HIIT training will give you the following benefits:
10 Minutes of Exercise Yields Hour-Long Effects (part 1 of 2)
The Perfect 20-Minute Workout Plan
15 Ways to Create an Exercise Habit
Beat Workout Boredom: Get More Workout Motivation
The 5 Minute Plank For Core Strength, Stability, and Rock-Hard Abs
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Humor
Our “politicians” should be quite pleased with the progress of the “dumbing down of America”!
Brain Training
Can You Solve This Brain Teaser?
Look at the following series of numbers and determine which number goes in place of the question mark.
2,3,10
3,4,21
4,5,36
5,6,55
6,7, ?
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