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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2010-09-13 12:00 pm
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Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-13-2010

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  • Five myths about prostitution
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  • This pretty much sums up my view on the political situation in the UK at the moment
    (tags: politics uk)
  • The Santa Delusion - what it's like to be an atheist in a religious country
    (tags: religion atheism usa)
  • Website raises money to have symphonies recorded and then released totally free for anyone to use. Fantastic!
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  • Genetic code linked to short sight found
    (tags: sight genetics health)
  • Terry Pratchett interview: 'I'm open to joy. But I'm also more cynical'
    (tags: pratchett alzheimers books writing authors death)
  • Why Are So Many Terrorists Engineers?
    (tags: terrorism engineering)

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[personal profile] andrewducker 2010-09-13 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup, your explanation sounds about right to me. Engineering seems to attract people who believe that there is a Right way and a Wrong way to do things, and that this applies not just to building bridges, but to the rest of the world as well. Modernism writ large, if you will.
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