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Vice President Joe Biden has wrapped up a twoday trip to lithuania and poland where he sought to reassure nato allies in a region that the u. S. Will defend them against any russian aggression. He told a pair of baltic leaders that we are in this with you together. He spoke after russias president to cleared ukraines Crimean Peninsula as part of russia and militiamen took over ukrainian headquarters in crimea. Ukraine is not part of nato. The United Nations Security Council is meeting today on t...

‘Incentives influence research findings,’ business scholar says.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

 

One of the most commonly heard debater’s challenges, online and in real life, is: “Are YOU an expert in (X)?” The obvious if generally unspoken corollary is: “If not, then shut up.” However, very often, you don’t need to. There is little evidence that a smart normal citizen, capable of effective analysis of empirical data, cannot criticize the work of academic or journalistic “experts” in most fields—or any reason that he or she should be intimidated by these title-holders. Ob...