Monthly Archives: June 2011

Political prediction markets are good for your mental health. — [LINK]

We are reminded of this very good take by NewsFutures’ Emile Servan-Schreiber.

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Anti-cancer food expert David Servan-Schreiber is fighting brain cancer, again. — [LINK]

Emile Servan-Schreiber (of NewsFutures fame) is David‘s bro. UPDATE: David interviewed by Emile, in French. And here are some interviews, done by Emile: Emile Servan-Schreiber, frère de David, victime… par rtl-fr Emile is interviewed by Canal +, in French.

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COLD FUSION: Brian Ahern is getting some success replicating Rossi and Focardi. — [LINK]

- Brian Ahern getting 8 Watts for over four days of operation in a Low Energy Nuclear Process. Awesome. Yet another cold fusion news Mike Giberson won’t blog about.

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Bubble phases – (e.g., tulip mania, dot-com bubble, prediction market bubble) — [CHART]

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There is no great stagnation, professor Cowen. — [VIDEO]

Robot playing pool: Treating blindness by giving channelrhodopsin to neurons and making them responsive to light:

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FORECASTING THE ECONOMY: Keynesian Economics vs. Austrian Economics — [VIDEO]

The 2 videos are designed to convince you that the Austrians’ economic predictions are more accurate. The first video has an intro in French, sorry for that, but the rest of the video is in English (with French subtitles). Keynesians’ … Continue reading

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There is no great stagnation, professor Cowen. — [NEW TECH]

Amazing new tech for the new MacBook Air: CAM is a part of spintronics logic integrated circuit technologies that utilize the negative properties of electrons together with the spin magnetic moment. The new CAM utilizes the vertical magnetization of vertical … Continue reading

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Peter Thiel @ Bilderberg 2011 — [LISTING]

Bilderberg 2011 –> The list.

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Remote-controled helicopter, in a sphere — [VIDEO]

So it can “land by just smacking into the ground and rolling to a stop to absorb the impact“. Great idea. PS: By the way, the blog “Next Big Future” is awesome.

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams — [VIDEO]

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

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