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That's what Rick Simpson, a Canadian, and a number of people he has treated with hemp oil are saying: http://www.youtube.com/wa...p;index=0&playnext=1 Simpson and his supporters have encountered heavy resistance from Canadian police, some of which is detailed in the videos. His personal website is here . What do you think? Is hemp a suppressed miracle cure or a snake oil?

1) I have no way of really judging such a claim scientifically. 2) I am at the outset always dubious of a claim for great evil or great good on such a controversial topic. Such that I don't readily believe the naysayers that cannabis is a "hard" drug of profound destructive consequences nor do I readily believe that it is a super-concious developing cure all.

LOL. *Really?*

Cool map.

I don't know how fast evolution operates, but it's worth noting that agriculture is a relatively recent development.

Naturyl: That's a good explanation for some of it, although I think that this maybe underestimates the amount of agricultural work that women do and the real physical strength differences between an farming male and farming female in a poor rural area. It's hard without exact figures, but it would seem to me that between the options of having two male children, two female children, or one of each, the greatest genetic advantage with...

Is it real though? If so, that man is very intelligent and is of a compassionate conscience.

I read somewhere that men thing more on a "single-track" than women who keep more things in mind at one time. Wouldn't this tend towards such behavior?

So how do you define yourself? By the fortunate circumstances that aided your rise to wealth? Nope. By the intelligence and skills that aided your rise to wealth? No, probably not. By the hard work and perseverance that aided your rise to wealth? No, not that either - all personal traits ultimately come from a birth lottery, right? Does identity even exist, then? Maybe not, but we sure act like it does. We define ourselves by our strong moral...

Philosophaster wrote: For a while now I have thought that a lack of moderation, a tendency toward extremism, is more common among men than women. Do you think that your thoughts might have anything to do with an article that you read a couple of times in the last few years?