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The Flynn Effect is real. IQ has increased since even before the 1930's. And the increase is not based on knowledge. Further testing shows that the component of IQ which has increased is abstract reasoning. Racism is, of course, a relative thing. To say that those who opposed slavery in the 18th Cen...

http://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/the-delicate-dilemma-of-defining-rape/ I found my original reference on another web site, shown above. To Brian. Applying a little personal logic makes me think that the old business of most rapes never being reported may not be as true as we think. If Dr. Carol T...

Wikipedia has a section on the history of rape. It discusses the way attitudes to rape have changed, including a major swing towards the female point of view. I have no problem with women being treated with more sympathy, but it concerns me that the grand old principle of innocent till proven guilty...

http://falserapesociety.blogspot.co.nz/2009/08/just-what-does-it-take-to-be-arrested.html REvo There is nothing new about false rape complaints. The article in the reference above discusses them, including examples where the rape complainant has been shown to have been lying. Such examples are easil...

Impossible to get accurate figures on how many false convictions have happened. However, based on my original reference, there will be numerous situations where consensual sex is later perceived by the woman as rape. Since, when a woman reports rape, it is generally assumed she is telling the truth,...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1031259/Casual-sex-left-feeling-worthless-night-stand-left-woman-emotionally-destroyed.html "According to new research published last week by Anne Campbell, Professor of Psychology at Durham University, the answer appears to be a surprising no. Indeed, her f...

Even pedophilia and drug rape cases need to be tried, evidence produced, and guilt shown 'beyond reasonable doubt'.

Obviously, I do not know if Rolf Harris and Bill Cosby are innocent or guilty of rape. I am just saying that having many accusers is not evidence 'beyond reasonable doubt'.

The most widely used seduction drug is alcohol. Most guys have tried that trick, often with the enthusiastic assistance from the gal he is seducing. It makes sense that celebrities should also use other drugs, since they are so widely used by rich media stars. If a male celebrity and the young woman...

Let me extend the argument. I think there is a good chance that Bill Cosby and Rolf Harris are both innocent of rape. Not of immorality, but that is not illegal. Charlie Sheen said that he had sex with 5,000 women. Magic Johnson said he had sex with 10,000. It appears that male celebrities are so at...

I do not want anyone to read into this post a lack of sympathy for women who have been raped. That is a massively traumatic experience, and the arseholes who do it deserve any penalty a judge throws at them. However, the thesis I am putting forward is that it is really, really difficult to prove, an...

Good luck in managing a class of rambunctious 15 year old boys while still teaching them how to solve quadratic equations, Mr Robot! I think my job is safe until I retire. Apres moi, le deluge... You only THINK it is safe. The new overlords will produce teaching robots by the billion. Each stroppy ...

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/0 ... n.suicide/

Does high IQ lead to higher suicide rates?

No!
According to the reference above, the opposite prevails. Low IQ is associated with a four fold increased risk.

On birds in a cage. You cannot measure their happiness, but you can measure their stress levels, by doing a blood test for the stress hormone cortisol. Birds in a cage are less stressed than wild birds. It is also interesting that prey animals are less stressed in a low predator environment. In Yell...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_World_Liberty_Index No gulag. The happiest nations all rank highly in the list of countries with most liberty. My country is no. 5, while Australia and Switzerland are no. 8. The USA is at number 20. This lower rating is not due to bias. This analysis was don...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/world/europe/denmark-world-happiness-report.html?_r=0 The ten happiest nations in the world are all, to some degree, socialist. 1. Denmark 2. Switzerland 3. Iceland 4. Norway 5. Finland 6. Canada 7. Netherlands 8. New Zealand 9. Australia 10. Sweden The USA, in spit...