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Sexual orientation 'hard-wired' before birth - startling new evidence revealed in the blink of an eye

The results of a new study by a team of British psychologists released today provide powerful new evidence that sexual orientation is 'hard-wired' in the human brain before birth.

Dr Qazi Rahman of the University of East London (UEL) has been working with Dr Veena Kumari and Dr Glenn Wilson of the Institute of Psychiatry to investigate sex differences in the startle response - our eye-blink reaction to sudden loud noises.

The team discovered significant differences in the response between male and female, and heterosexual and homosexual subjects. Because the startle response is known to be involuntary rather than learned, this strongly indicates that sexual orientation is largely determined before birth.

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I am in love with this song.

I am in love with this song. I liked the radio version Seal did with Jakatta a little more, but the album version retains most of the "zing." The hopefulness and feeling of purpose and vision in this song is infectious.

I feel like the sun, I feel like the rain
I feel like I just found reason for living again
'Cause what I've been dreaming, I know that it's real
I know there's just no changing the way I feel
You're into my head, I'm out of my mind
I feel like I've just found reason for being alive
And I have a secret I think you should know
I feel like I just can't keep it, it's deep within me and I feel like I'm losing control

Can you see my vision
Of a red hot summer in wine?
When love was the feeling
With no indecision
We were turning that key inside
To get in the moment

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If you are interested, please see my post in philosophy on the relation of math to reality.

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California has done something I never imagined possible: Louisiana's gubernatorial politics now look sane and normal by comparison.

I've been told that 11 years ago, when the voters of this fine state had to choose between Edwin Edwards (a known criminal) and David Duke (a former grand dragon of the KKK) that bumper stickers could be seen saying, "Vote for the crook -- it's important!"

This time around, we have a contest going between two overwhelmingly normal candidates. Well, the Republican would be normal, if he wasn't actually a 32 year old Indian-American. I actually kind of like Bobby Jindal, I think the state could do worse when it comes to picking a governor, even though I really do hope he doesn't win. Nothing personal, Bobby. I just can't abide by anything that resembles theocracy.