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It’s not politics, it’s SCIENCE! – Something to think about: Happy people are supposed to be trusting people, but the OPPOSITE may be true: A new study suggests that, in some instances, people may actually be LESS trusting of others when they are in a pleasant mood.

Researcher Robert Lount says, “A person’s mood may determine how much they rely on subtle, or not so subtle, cues when evaluating whether to trust someone. I think the assumption is that if you make someone happy, they are going to be more likely to trust you. But that only works if they are already predisposed to trust you.”
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It’s a question that humans have long asked themselves. We are probably not alone in the universe, though it may feel like it, since life on other planets is probably dominated by microbes.

Alvin Powell, of the Harvard news office, quotes radio astronomer Gerrit Verschuur as saying that he believes that though there is very likely life out there (and perhaps a lot of it), it is very unlikely to be both intelligent and able to communicate with us.

In the Daily Galaxy, Casey Kazan quotes astrophysicist Dimitar Sasselov as saying, “We don’t now have the technology to physically travel outside our solar system for such an exchange to take place, but we are like Columbus centuries ago, learning fast how to get somewhere few think possible.”
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Anne Strieber interviews Mark Robert Waldman about some of the breakthrough discoveries that have recently been made about the way a relationship with God actually changes the brain.

12 minutes of meditation a day can slow down aging. Contemplating a loving God reduces stress and increases compassion, while thinking about a punitive God makes us anxious and fearful, and anger and prejudice can cause permanent brain damage. Intense prayer makes permanent changes in the brain, altering your values and your understanding of reality.

Mark Waldman offers profoundly useful insight into the actual, physical power of God’s presence to make us healthier and improve brain function.
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A riveting exchange between Mark Waldman and Peter Levenda, who plays devil’s advocate, and asks Mark some very challenging and provocative questions. Peter starts the conversation with Karl Marx’s infamous statement, “Religion is the opiate of the people.” So how does Mark react? And why isn’t he an atheist like most scientists?

You will not soon forget this discussion, or the implications that come from Mark Waldman’s groundbreaking work.

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