Supercharching the brain
New drugs promise to improve memory and sharpen mental response. Who should be allowed to take them? http://www.economist.com/science/tq/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3171454 Sep 16th 2004 DO YOU
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The Commercialization of Eugenics
The recent book by Debora L Spar, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, is exceptional in
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Conservative Eugenics and Human Evolution
Crow’s essay (1966) on “The Quality of People: Human Evolutionary Changes” posed a number of important problems concerning the evolutionary future of the
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The Crisis of the Modern World
René Jean Marie Joseph Guénon (November 15, 1886 – January 7, 1951) also named Sheikh ‘Abd al-Wahid Yahya upon his acceptance of Islam,
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Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change
The Industrial Revolution made us precariously dependent on nature’s dwindling legacy of non-renewable resources, even though we did not at first recognize this
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The “Longage of the Critters” Problem
When blackouts sweep the country (probably in 5 to 10 years) the political environment WILL change radically, but not in the way most
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Eno’s Unthinkable Futures
“Unthinkable” thoughts have the virtue of bringing serious consideration of wholly repressed ideas, as evidenced by the laugh that often accompanies them. They
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Humans as Cancer
If skin cancer were all that ailed Earth, the planet’s eventual recovery would be less in doubt. For with the exception of malignant
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Eugenic Theory & Praxis In China
Sun Dong-sheng of the Jinan Army Institute remarked: “The requirements of modern science, technology, and production, and the speed with which their development
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The use of Scenarios in Long Term Defence Planning
One of the key characteristics that distinguishes long-term defence planning from shorter-term planning is the degree to which uncertainty pervades the process. THE
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