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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
5 of 5 stars true
If you think you know about scientology, as I did, this book will still surprise and shock you. It is very well written and sourced. It is absolutely appalling that this abusive organization is allowed to persist without accountability. ...
tagged: non-fiction
Existence
4 of 5 stars true
Us science-fiction fans have been waiting for a long time for a new full-fledged novel by David Brin since Kiln People. It is finally here: Existence. I think Existence is on a par with the Uplift trilogy or Earth. It does indeed read li...
tagged: science-fiction

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Isn’t This Einstein’s Definition of Insanity?

October 3, 2012 by and tagged , , ,

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Well: “Throughout the 1980s and 90s, when many developing countries were in crisis and borrowing money from the International Monetary Fund, waves of protests in those countries became known as the “IMF riots”. They were so called because they were sparked by the [...]

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