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By mikethemadbiologist on March 13, 2009.

Here's some good reading for you to start your weekend. Science-related stuff first:

They Tried to Outsmart Wall Street

50 Reasons I Reject Evolution

The next evolutionary step for evo psych

Secrets of the toilet

Other:

Our Cognitive Dissonance on Both Hiring, and Firing, Teachers En Masse

If Private Insurance Is So Much More Efficient & Cost-Effective, Why Does It Cost More?

Creeping Galtism

Giving Excessive Self-Regard a Bad Name - (or John Galt, Esq.)

THEY'RE SPENDING HOW MUCH?....

America's Lost Decade

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