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- Do You Believe in Life After Death? These Scientists Study It https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/style/virginia-dops-reincarnation.html 4 comments
- Google Page TOS believes in life after death (see 2nd. paragraph on #7) http://pages.google.com/-/terms_of_use.html 3 comments reddit.com
- "What non-scientists believe about science is a matter of life and death" -Tim Williamson (Oxford) on climate change and the philosophy of science https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/01/post-truth-world-we-need-remember-philosophy-science 344 comments philosophy
- Don't believe the hype. Despite new study, questions about life after death remain unanswered http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/10october/pages/whether-theres-life-after-death-remains-a-mystery.aspx 25 comments science
- Teaching kids news literacy could be a matter of life and death — We need to teach students to be savvier online. We need to teach to them when and how to be skeptical, but also, when to believe the experts. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/3/21353300/news-literacy-fake-news-newsguard-vaccine-safety-sarah-brandt 26 comments politics
- Quarter of UK Christians do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, survey reveals: And more than a tenth of 'active' believers say they do not think there is life after death http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/easter-uk-christians-quarter-resurrection-jesus-christ-dead-not-believe-church-bible-england-bishop-a7676521.html 8 comments worldnews
- Oncologist writes book providing "evidence" for life after death (near-death experience stories collected via internet). MSNBC does online poll which shows 81% do not believe in afterlife. Are they equally scientific? http://www.palibandaily.com/2010/01/20/msnbc-poll-81-do-not-believe-in-afterlife/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Spain domestic violence: Trail of death shocks society. A man convicted of killing his wife is now believed to have murdered his defence lawyer, with whom he had been having an affair, before taking his own life https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46921214 12 comments worldnews
- "The minute the leadership said 'this is dead on arrival' I said that I hope they believe in life after death; because I'm coming back with it," Kucinich vowed on IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/06/18/vi2008061801499.html 7 comments politics
- Snowden, in asylum letter, says fair trial unlikely: "I believe that, given these circumstances, it is unlikely that I would receive a fair trial or proper treatment prior to that trial, and face the possibility of life in prison or even death." http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/2455703 934 comments worldnews
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Progressivism and the Pandemic: Amid the coronavirus crisis, the congresswoman believes progressive policies are a matter of life and death. Here’s why she says there is still room for hope in a “harm reduction” election. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/podcasts/the-daily/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-coronavirus.html 19 comments politics
- Heidegger believed life's transience gave it meaning, and in a world obsessed with extending human existence indefinitely, contemporary philosophers argue that our fear of death prevents us from living fully. https://soundcloud.com/instituteofartandideas/e147-should-we-live-forever-patricia-maccormack-anders-sandberg-janne-teller 276 comments philosophy
- WikiLeaks' Assange says ready for life in Ecuador: He fears that if sent to Sweden, he would then be extradited to the United States where he believes he could face criminal charges punishable by death. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/22/us-britain-ecuador-assange-idusbre85l01p20120622?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+reuters%2Ftopnews+%28news+%2F+us+%2F+top+news%29 10 comments worldnews
- Life Without Parole: A Different Death Penalty -- As a death row lawyer who fights to keep his clients alive, I believe life without parole denies the possibility of redemption every bit as much as strapping a murderer to the gurney and filling him with poison. http://www.thenation.com/article/170852/life-without-parole-different-death-penalty 3 comments politics
- The "Elephant Man", Joseph Merrick, was an object of curiosity & ridicule throughout his life - studied, prodded & examined by the Victorian medical establishment. Now 123 yrs after his death, scientists believe his bones contain secrets about his condition which could benefit medical science today http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23863974 9 comments history
- Justice Scalia: The death penalty deters crime. Experts: No, it doesn’t.--Eighty-eight percent of the country's top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide--Executing a death row inmate costs up to four times as much as life in prison http://www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8861727/antonin-scalia-death-penalty 83 comments law
- The Democratic party I believe in doesn’t capitulate on matters of life and death. The Democratic party I’d like to support in 2008 is more concerned with doing the right thing than playing it safe politically. The Democratic Presidential candidate I’ll vote for will have the leadership qualities and political will to do absolutely everything in their power to end the war in Iraq as soon as humanly possible. The Democratic party has let me down. http://www.theseminal.com/2007/10/01/an-open-letter-to-the-democratic-frontfrunners/ 5 comments reddit.com
- “They believe that they have found carriers of consciousness, the elements that accumulate information during life, and “drain” consciousness somewhere else after death.” If proven right, the Orchestrated Objective Reduction (ORCH OR) theory could be the biggest discovery in human history. https://youtu.be/iIXnyHcarjg 33 comments philosophy