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i was wondering if i should link to this abstract from new scientist since a subscription is required to read the whole research paper, but since readers seldom click through this is probably enough, The demise of civilisation may be inevitable

DOOMSDAY. The end of civilisation. Literature and film abound with tales of plague, famine and wars which ravage the planet, leaving a few survivors scratching out a primitive existence amid the ruins. Every civilisation in history has collapsed, after all. Why should ours be any different?

Doomsday scenarios typically feature a knockout blow: a massive asteroid, all-out nuclear war or a catastrophic pandemic (see “The end of civilisation”). Yet there is another chilling possibility: what if the very nature of civilisation means that ours, like all the others, is destined to collapse sooner or later?

A few researchers have been making such claims for years. Disturbingly, recent insights from fields such as complexity theory suggest that they are right. It appears that once a society develops beyond a certain level of complexity it becomes increasingly fragile. Eventually, it reaches a point at which even a relatively minor …

smoke’em if ya gottem. seeing as civilization may end soon, might as well.

Muslim haters such as John McCain supporter the reverend John Hagee my have a foreign policy dilemma on the way, China Confirms Protests by Uighur Muslims

SHANGHAI — Chinese officials said Wednesday that they were grappling with ethnic unrest on a second front, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims protested Chinese rule last month even as Tibetans rioted in the southwest.

Chinese security officers in Kashi, Xinjiang Province, on Wednesday. In March, Uighur Muslims protested in Hotan.

One Uighur demonstration, which appears to have been quickly suppressed, took place in the town of Hotan on March 23, at the same time China was deploying thousands of security officers across much of its southwest to put down Tibetan unrest.

Officials said the protest was staged by Islamic separatist groups seeking to foment a broader uprising in Xinjiang.

Will the Islamophobes like Hagee and the rest of the right-wing Evangelical movement support the communists that practice authoritarian capitalism that provides their parishioners with cheap fans at HomeDepot and sweat shirts at Walmart or do they support the dreaded Muslims that want more freedom.

Regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana

Research on sleep deprivation suggests that the IQ drop caused by electronic obsession is also equivalent to a wakeful night.

Infomania is mainly a problem for adult workers, especially men, the study commissioned by Hewlett Packard, the technology company, has concluded.

Hey we’re just trying to get as much done as we can before the world ends.