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		<title>The Lazy Evil Genius</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does it seem that bored soccer moms are so much better at coming up with terrorists plots to worry about than the terrorists are at actually implementing them?]]></description>
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		<title>Spam unsubscribe links no longer considered harmful</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We've always been told never to follow unsubscribe links in spam. However, the CAN-SPAM act has created a curious paradox. If the message is readable, then it's highly likely the unsubscribe link is safe and functional.]]></description>
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		<title>The Simple Atheist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If atheists want to position their beliefs as the default, they'll have to place themselves beneath believers.]]></description>
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		<title>Rite of Regression</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sociology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new rationalization for wine snobs may reflect an unhealthy spillover of childhood into adulthood caused by our lack of a coming of age rite.]]></description>
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		<title>Face the Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What if an an experiment on recognizing musical greatness said more about us as the musician than us as the audience?]]></description>
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		<title>Just Play Along</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being part of a story has the power to romanticize our successes and failures, weaving them together in a validating tapestry. Are today's movies affecting us so deeply we want more to be part of a story than experience life?]]></description>
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		<title>Milgram&#8217;s obedience experiment explains why Congress is corrupt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A classic experiment measuring obedience to authority may have little to do with either.]]></description>
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		<title>Overjustification Effect Explains Away Religious Morality</title>
		<link>http://essays.dayah.com/overjustification-effect</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your motivation to exercise evaporates for the same reason many believe morality has a religious basis.]]></description>
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		<title>Memetics of the superiority bias</title>
		<link>http://essays.dayah.com/superiority-bias</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memetics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Looters are shooting at rescue helicopters and ransacking hospitals!" Expect to hear and read this falsehood often; its very nature encourages its propagation.

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		<title>Space- and time-fractured identity disorders</title>
		<link>http://essays.dayah.com/fractured-identity-disorders</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do chronic procrastination and a desire to travel have in common?]]></description>
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