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Breaking: Russia and China Might Want Peace!

mr.m — Fri, 09 May 2025 20:18:42 +0000

While the western media continuously tells us that Russia and China are evil, here is the Joint statement by the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on Global Strategic Stability as published by the Kremlin. In the context of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War and of the founding of the United Nations, the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the two Sides) emphasize the utmost importance of maintaining and strengthening global … Continue reading Breaking: Russia and China Might Want Peace! →

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Swimming Upstream…

mr.m — Thu, 01 May 2025 23:55:48 +0000

…With Confidence But Sadness And Frustration The biggest question I’m currently asking myself is how something so obvious to me, is either not observed, completely ignored or worse, seen to be the opposite by so many others? ( It’s disconcerting if not down right uncomfortable to perceive something so obvious when others don’t.) Leaving aside … Continue reading Swimming Upstream… →

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Comparing AI

mr.m — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:44:02 +0000

As an experiment to investigate AI platforms I asked Grok, ChatGPT and DeepSeek to write a 250 word essay about “why Americans allow Israel to kill and displace Palestinians.” The reason I focused the question on Americans, is simply because they are without doubt, Israel’s closest ally and the most able to wield political or … Continue reading Comparing AI →

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Celebrating Israeli Ingenuity

mr.m — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:22:33 +0000

In September of 2024, Israel’s Mossad orchestrated and launched a technological attack on Lebanon by rigging batches of pagers and walkie-talkies being shipped to them with explosives. On September 17, at approximately 3:30 local time, messages were sent to all these pagers which began beeping for several seconds before exploding. The following clip is the … Continue reading Celebrating Israeli Ingenuity →

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Hamas!

mr.m — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:29:56 +0000

After the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Israel began bombing northern Gaza with the rationale that they were defending themselves preemptively against further attacks by Hamas and trying to retrieve hostages. As bombing continued and the north became unliveable, Palestinians were instructed, by Israel, to move to “safe” zones away from the bombing. … Continue reading Hamas! →

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Hasbara and Hannibal…

mr.m — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:37:02 +0000

Familiarizing yourself with these two terms will go a long way in helping you understand the ongoing situation in Israel and Palestine. Hasbara, in simple terms, is the product of the powerful Israeli PR machine. It’s a reminder that the mainstream media in most countries is not your friend. Hasbara is critical and instrumental in … Continue reading Hasbara and Hannibal… →

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It’s Time…

mr.m — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 19:13:41 +0000

The time has come for me to speak out. I taught critical thinking to many wonderful students whose respect I believe that I earned at the time, but now I’m ashamed that I have not spoken out sooner. Please don’t allow people to try to convince you that black is white. You know better. 1. … Continue reading It’s Time… →

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The Fraser Institute And School Rankings

mr.m — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 23:08:58 +0000

The Fraser Institute website states: “Our mission is to improve the quality of life for Canadians, their families and future generations…” I wonder if that would include access for young Canadians to a free, high-quality, public education system? If I were the Fraser Institute and I had faith in the research methods that led to … Continue reading The Fraser Institute And School Rankings →

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The Power of Placebo (Follow-Up)

mr.m — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 15:03:40 +0000

The hypothetical experiments presented in the previous post were meant to elucidate the so called placebo effect in somewhat of a guided discovery format. That is, in this case, some observations were presented and the reader was left to draw some logical conclusions. The questions at the end were the “guided” part. Based on reader feedback, … Continue reading The Power of Placebo (Follow-Up) →

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The Power of Placebo

mr.m — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:14:29 +0000

In an effort to help students understand both the power and limitations of the placebo effect, I came up with the following hypothetical experiments (that I would love to actually conduct) and predicted results. Obviously many details are omitted for simplicity and brevity, but hopefully they are an interesting illustration of what might be happening. The … Continue reading The Power of Placebo →

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