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October 03, 2006

Embodiedness of Self?

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The question has been answered in the NEW YORK TIMES!

Scientists have discovered that "the self can be detached from the body and can live a phantom existence on its own, as in an out-of-body experience, or it can be felt outside of personal space, as in a sense of a presence.”

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September 27, 2006

Is there life on Mars?

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A line from Ziggy Stardust.

Today a headline about dreams coming true on Mars.

About once a week, I notice that Google News reads like science fiction, and the Washington Post reads like Elizabethan farce.

October 04, 2005

Bush Picks Own Lawyer for Supreme Court

In a surprise move, George W. Bush chose his own longtime lawyer to be the next nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Harriet Miers has unusual credentials and professional experience for the job, including not having worked as a judge in the past ....

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October 01, 2005

OJ Horror

In an unsettling and scary move, OJ Simpson is signing autographs this weekend at a horror convention. He's doing this on the tenth anniversary of his wife's death. That makes him more scary than the people lining up for the occasion to buy his autographs, but not by much.

Here's the story in the Houston Chronicle.