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Apr. 13th, 2009 12:00 pm-
A team, including scientists from the Unilever company, have identified a class of nerve fibres in the skin which specifically send pleasure messages.
And people had to be stroked at a certain speed - 4-5cm per second - to activate the pleasure sensation. -
The survey of 2,060 people showed 55% believe in heaven, while 53% believe in life after death and 70% believe in the human soul.
It also suggested that nearly four in 10 people, 39%, believe in ghosts and 27% believe in reincarnation.
A further 22% believe in astrology or horoscopes and 15% believe in fortune telling or Tarot.
The think tank said the findings were "especially striking" when compared to the 1950s.
Then only 10% of the public told Gallup that they believed in ghosts and just 2% thought they had seen one.
In 1951, only 7% of people said they believed in predicting the future by cards and 6% by stars. -
With obligatory bloody stupid comment immediately afterwards.
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Wants no more than two children per family. Doesn't seem to realise that the UK is already below 1.75
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I have no idea where the truth lies here.
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Released in book form! Astounding!
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Like Rockstar Games? Like LA Confidential? You have permission to become unreasonably aroused...
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Let's see how well this one goes down...
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The apologies have won headlines and praise. Letters have poured in, lauding Wilson's courage. Strangers, black and white, have hailed him as a hero.
But Wilson doesn't feel like a hero. He feels confused. He cannot fully answer the lingering questions, the doubts. Where did all the hate come from? And where did it go?
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