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		<title>The Psychological Science of Storytelling</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/16/the-psychological-science-of-storytelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It hit me about two years ago, sometime after I started this blog. Somewhere between the comedy shows and alarming amount of documentaries I began watching, and the seemingly endless number of people I have met in the last few &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/16/the-psychological-science-of-storytelling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Blasphemy and the &#8220;Freedom&#8221; to Choose your Own Religion</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/12/islamic-blasphemy-and-the-freedom-to-choose-your-own-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 11:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few weeks, Muslims from Bangladesh have been going crazy trying to fight back against the critical words of bloggers and other online heretics by violent riots that have so far led to the death of over 30 people. &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/12/islamic-blasphemy-and-the-freedom-to-choose-your-own-religion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inattentional Blindness and the Invisible Violinist</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/08/inattentional-blindness-and-the-invisible-violinist/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/08/inattentional-blindness-and-the-invisible-violinist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a tree falls in the forest and no one&#8217;s around to hear it, does it make a sound? It would be hard to prove if you weren&#8217;t there to notice it. But what if you were there&#8230; and you &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/08/inattentional-blindness-and-the-invisible-violinist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas-Israel Ceasefire Ends as Gaza Schools Drop Sports for Military Training</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/02/hamas-israel-ceasefire-ends-as-gaza-schools-drop-sports-for-military-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been following the news regarding the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza that started in November of last year closely. The relationship between the two is incredibly tense, and the violent conflict that occurred then was thankfully over soon. &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/05/02/hamas-israel-ceasefire-ends-as-gaza-schools-drop-sports-for-military-training/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Vocal Homophobes Really Just Homosexuals in the Closet?</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/30/are-vocal-homophobes-really-just-homosexuals-in-the-closet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don&#8217;t matter and those who matter don&#8217;t mind. -Dr. Seuss What is it about homophobes that make them so gay? If this questions sounds controversial to you, &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/30/are-vocal-homophobes-really-just-homosexuals-in-the-closet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Haven&#8217;t We Found the Missing Link in the Fossil Record? Science Answers!</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/28/why-havent-we-found-the-missing-link-in-the-fossil-record-science-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/28/why-havent-we-found-the-missing-link-in-the-fossil-record-science-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. -George Orwell If evolution is such an incontrovertible &#8220;theory,&#8221; then why haven&#8217;t we found the &#8220;missing link&#8221; yet? A compelling question &#8211; if not boldly ignorant. In fact, creationists ask this &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/28/why-havent-we-found-the-missing-link-in-the-fossil-record-science-answers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bollywood Zombies and The Westernization of Indian Pop Culture</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/10/bollywood-zombies-and-the-westernization-of-indian-pop-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/10/bollywood-zombies-and-the-westernization-of-indian-pop-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go Goa Gone, the first Western-style zombie flick to be made in Bollywood, was just announced last week. The trailer was released a few weeks ago and seems to be quite popular, with already over 2.5 million hits on YouTube. &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/10/bollywood-zombies-and-the-westernization-of-indian-pop-culture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary Solves Homelessness by Finding Places for All&#8230; in Jail?</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/05/hungary-has-solved-the-homeless-problem-by-finding-cells-for-each-in-jail/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/05/hungary-has-solved-the-homeless-problem-by-finding-cells-for-each-in-jail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brilliant move of Hungary lawmakers to criminalize the act of being a homeless person comes as a surprise to some. But this innovative solution to such a complex problem should certainly be known to the world. After all, this &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/05/hungary-has-solved-the-homeless-problem-by-finding-cells-for-each-in-jail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 2013 Pigasus Awards</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/03/the-2013-pigasus-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/03/the-2013-pigasus-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, the James Randi Educational Foundation gives awards to recognize the special few uncritical thinkers who do more to peddle pseudoscience and damage the public in ways that only celebrities could. Below are five &#8220;winners&#8221; of various categories whose &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/04/03/the-2013-pigasus-awards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Did Jesus &#8216;Want&#8217; to be Nailed to a Cross?</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/30/did-jesus-want-to-be-nailed-to-a-cross/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/30/did-jesus-want-to-be-nailed-to-a-cross/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pretty sure the answer to the question in the title is &#8220;no,&#8221; but there are many things I don&#8217;t know about religion. For example: Why is it that some Christians celebrate Easter by eating bunny-shaped chocolates (often after an &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/30/did-jesus-want-to-be-nailed-to-a-cross/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Let Your Kid Date in Middle/High School? Science Gives a Surprising Answer</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/26/should-you-let-your-kid-date-in-middle-high-school-science-gives-a-surprising-answer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young love can show you things about yourself you&#8217;ve never known. It can bring you to happiness and leave you in despair. It can take away the trust you thought you had with others, and make you want to give up &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/26/should-you-let-your-kid-date-in-middle-high-school-science-gives-a-surprising-answer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Japan, Strangers are More Likely than Family to Give CPR for Cardiac Arrest</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/24/in-japan-strangers-are-more-likely-than-family-to-give-cpr-for-cardiac-arrest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Japanese people giving CPR to someone suffering a cardiac arrest, it appears as though water is actually thicker than blood. A recent review of 547,218 cases of cardiac arrests in Japan between 2005 and 2009 was presented &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/24/in-japan-strangers-are-more-likely-than-family-to-give-cpr-for-cardiac-arrest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Power and Rape &#8211; Part 2: How to Create a Breeding Ground for Sex Offenders</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/20/power-and-rape-part-2-how-to-create-a-breeding-ground-for-sex-offenders/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/20/power-and-rape-part-2-how-to-create-a-breeding-ground-for-sex-offenders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in Part 1, rape is tolerated in the military because the acknowledgment of rape in a unit will make that unit look bad, not to mention the military as a whole. Therefore, officials try to sweep such &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/20/power-and-rape-part-2-how-to-create-a-breeding-ground-for-sex-offenders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Power and Rape &#8211; Part 1: Rape in the Military is a Career Killer&#8230; for the Victim</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/16/power-and-rape-part-1-rape-in-the-military-is-a-career-killer-for-the-victim/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/16/power-and-rape-part-1-rape-in-the-military-is-a-career-killer-for-the-victim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you ever wanted to know just how bad &#8220;blaming the victim&#8221; can get, look no further than the U.S. military. It&#8217;s clear that blaming and shaming has gone far beyond just making someone have to live with a stigma &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/16/power-and-rape-part-1-rape-in-the-military-is-a-career-killer-for-the-victim/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Chewing Gum Help You Concentrate?</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/10/does-chewing-gum-help-you-concentrate/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/10/does-chewing-gum-help-you-concentrate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to be a rocket scientist, you might want to start chewing that stick of gum. At least, that&#8217;s the hypothesis of a growing body of research that suggests chewing bubble gum is correlated to the ability to &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/10/does-chewing-gum-help-you-concentrate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Possessed by Demons, Animals, and Nonsense</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/07/possessed-by-demons-animals-and-nonsense/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/07/possessed-by-demons-animals-and-nonsense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Japan doesn&#8217;t have that stuff. That&#8217;s more of a Western thing.&#8221; Just like I constantly have to remind Westerners how they&#8217;re horribly wrong about the bizarre and ridiculous stereotypes of Japan, I had to show my Japanese friend that she &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/07/possessed-by-demons-animals-and-nonsense/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SATIRAN &#8211; Part 3: &#8220;Judicial Theatre,&#8221; or Judgment for the 2010 Israeli Flotilla Raid</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/03/satiran-part-3-judicial-theatre-or-judgment-for-the-2010-israeli-flotilla-raid/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/03/satiran-part-3-judicial-theatre-or-judgment-for-the-2010-israeli-flotilla-raid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May 2010, the &#8220;Gaza Freedom Flotilla&#8221; was sent to give humanitarian aid and construction materials to Gaza, but they were unable to. Their Zionist oppressors (Israel) has policed the Gaza borders since Hamas has been in command in 2007. &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/03/03/satiran-part-3-judicial-theatre-or-judgment-for-the-2010-israeli-flotilla-raid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Close Relationships Aren&#8217;t Necessarily Better</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/20/study-close-relationships-arent-necessarily-better/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/20/study-close-relationships-arent-necessarily-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It makes sense, doesn&#8217;t it? The closer you are to someone, the better your relationship is. Intuitively, this makes perfect sense. But new research out of Columbia University suggests that this is not necessarily the case. David Frost, the lead &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/20/study-close-relationships-arent-necessarily-better/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Religious People More Charitable, Generous, and Altruistic than Atheists?</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/16/are-religious-people-more-charitable-generous-and-altruistic-than-atheists/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/16/are-religious-people-more-charitable-generous-and-altruistic-than-atheists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a Canadian study from 2008, religious people are &#8220;more helpful, honest and generous;&#8221; an American study from last year found that &#8220;religious states give more to charity than non-religious states.&#8221; As I explained in a previous article, the stereotype &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/16/are-religious-people-more-charitable-generous-and-altruistic-than-atheists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gender, Age, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Differences in Social Networking Site Usage</title>
		<link>http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/13/gender-age-socioeconomic-and-cultural-differences-in-social-networking-site-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/13/gender-age-socioeconomic-and-cultural-differences-in-social-networking-site-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online social networks has become an interesting platform for research, and hundreds if not thousands of studies around the world are investigating how we interact with others online. This article looks into recent studies that analyzed data regarding differences in age, &#8230; <a href="http://skeptikai.com/2013/02/13/gender-age-socioeconomic-and-cultural-differences-in-social-networking-site-usage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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