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An interesting article. I've always hoped we would find life in our solar system, at the very least to show us some variation, how different life might look. This article almost convinces me that I should hope otherwise. But we still need to go look! This hints that a simple yes/no answer has more profound implications.
"Which is better, giving more food to a few hungry people or letting some food go to waste so that everyone gets a share" A study appearing in Science finds that most people choose the latter, and that the brain responds in unique ways to inefficiency and inequity."
The Archbishop of Westminster has urged Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with "deep esteem".
He then proceeds to insult us with the following:
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He said saying that "supposedly faithless societies" ruled only by reason were like those created by Hitler and Stalin, ripe for "terror and oppression".
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