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It should be noted that even if the high-end estimate of fatalities directly or indirectly attributed to the Boko Haram insurgency were accepted at face value, they would still represent a small percentage of the overall violent deaths that have occurred in Nigeria over that same period of time.... According to UNODC data, Nigeria had 18,422 intentional homicides in 2008, the year after the violently contested elections.... Based on those numbers remaining relatively constant, Boko Haram would c
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― Boko Haram: Islamism, politics, security and the state in Nigeria
― Boko Haram: Islamism, politics, security and the state in Nigeria
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Something as superfluous as "play" is also an essential feature of our consciousness. If you ask children why they like to play, they will say, "Because it's fun." But that invites the next question: What is fun? Actually, when children play, they are often trying to reenact complex human interactions in simplified form. Human society is extremely sophisticated, much too involved for the developing brains of young children, so children run simplified simulations of adult society, playing games s
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― The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
― The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
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