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Links 6/29/11

By mikethemadbiologist on June 29, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Believe it: man flu is real
Ignorance, Fake Turing Tests, and Bads
MiSeq Aims for Ion Torrent
Irradiating organic food would save lives

Other:

Deforming the Graduate Degree
Current Test-Based Incentive Programs Have Not Consistently Raised Student Achievement in U.S.; Improved Approaches Should Be Developed and Evaluated
State and local governments should be listed as a primary risk to the US outlook
Not So Dumb as Economists, Part 1
Why Would Wal-Mart Hire Any Men?
Keynesian Deficit Doves vs. MMT Deficit Owls
Facebook post sums up American justice in one picture
Cutting the Social Security COLA by Changing the Way Inflation Is Calculated Would Especially Hurt Women
The day the drug war really started: When Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose 25 years ago, stunned Americans demanded action -- and boy did they get it

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Quick n' easy solution: pack anyone with an IQ under 130, 'cept the ones whose kids have an IQ over 130 because clearly their genes weren't THAT bad, off to Svalbard without a rifle.

Ruthless and bastardy but it'd probably work.

By Katharine (not verified) on 29 Jun 2011 #permalink