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‡We are actually getting worse at some matters of hygiene. Dr. Maunder believes that the move toward low-temperature washing machine detergents has encouraged bugs to proliferate. As he puts it: “If you wash lousy clothing at low
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“Research into prejudice by Gordon Hodson and Michael Busseri suggests that people who have difficulty grasping the complexity of the world might tend toward prejudice and conservatism because they find it too hard to interact with people not like themselves and because they like the structure and simplicity provided by socially conservative ideologies.”
― Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us into Temptation
― Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us into Temptation
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone. —DOROTHY PARKER”
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
“The blind spot, it’s worth noting, is much more than just a spot; it’s a substantial portion of your central field of vision. That’s quite remarkable—that a significant part of everything you “see” is actually imagined.”
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
“The one known cure for baldness is castration.”
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
“There’s a really easy way to do food shopping in supermarkets,” he says. “Just stick to the outside aisles. The aisles in between are almost entirely filled with processed foods. If you stick to the outside, you will automatically have a healthier diet.”
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
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