Category Archives: X Archive

Free Heroin to Battle Addiction It is counterintuitive that instead of Vancouver trying to fix the heroin problem by getting the users to quit, they are fixing the problem by giving away free heroin to users. The city says that … Continue reading →

Belgian Senate has passed a bill extending euthanasia of young children with disabilities. A shocking turn of events to advocates of pro-life worldwide. The vote ended in a landslide of 50 members voting for it to 17 against it. The … Continue reading →

Close call in death ruling of potential organ donor It seems counterintuitive that doctors would rather take organs out of a dying organ donor than possibly extend his life. A California man, John Foster, was pronounced brain-dead by two doctors independent … Continue reading →

Predictions Grab Bag It’s both counterintuitive and not counterintuitive to make many of the predictions included in this web article. Many of these predictions follow the projections we’ve made thus far. Others travel a path of slight chance and inference. Included in … Continue reading →

Elephant Cruelty It seems counterintuitive that what claims to be “The Greatest Show on Earth” whose main goal is to bring smiles to children’s faces uses the cruelest tactics to train their elephants. But that is what is happening as … Continue reading →

When first being introduced to the story of the Yap it had seemed very far fetched from reality and laughable.  The notion that one could be considered wealthy just based on something you cannot see or touch is senseless and seems like … Continue reading →

Out in the Pacific Ocean, there is a tiny island called Yap which used a currency that would seem crazy to most of us. The people of Yap, known as Yaps, used limestone wheels as a form of payment, just … Continue reading →

When I first listened to the story of Stone money and the people of Yap, I automatically thought it was fake and made up. I actually opened up a search bar on my computer and looked up Yap and Micronesia … Continue reading →

When first hearing the stone money story I was very intrigued. Thinking about a place where word of mouth is stronger then actual evidence is almost mind blowing. Nowadays word of mouth is not worth very much, and we use … Continue reading →

The intrinsic value of money is something extremely important to people. I don’t understand why individuals think this because money is only a symbol of the real wealth someone has as. The Yaps would find our monetary system the most bizarre … Continue reading →