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		<title>Collateral Murder and Confirmation Bias</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click on the photo to go to collateralmurder.com What occurs in this video and the diversity of reactions to it are both examples of confirmation bias, the brain&#8217;s tendency to pick up information that fits in with preconceptions and to throw away information that does not fit. The helicopter pilots are trained to spot weapons, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.konyagi.org/blog/irrational/collateral-murder-and-confirmation-bias</link>
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		<title>Beware the Spinal Trap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The substance of the following article by Simon Singh was printed in the Guardian last year. The British Chiropractic Association decided to sue him for his trouble. The offending paragraphs can be found at Jack of Kent&#8217;s Blog Some practitioners claim it is a cure-all, but the research suggests chiropractic therapy has mixed results – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.konyagi.org/blog/irrational/beware-the-spinal-trap</link>
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		<title>My Hottest 100 Top Ten</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because everybody just has to know and there aren&#8217;t enough top ten lists on the internet. No order except for #1 1. Nick Cave &#038; The Bad Seeds &#8211; Mercy Seat John Lennon &#8211; Imagine 10cc &#8211; I&#8217;m not in love U2 &#8211; Sunday Bloody Sunday David Bowie &#8211; Ziggy Stardust Peter Gabriel &#8211; Games [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.konyagi.org/blog/uncategorized/my-hottest-100-top-ten</link>
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		<title>Off up/down the Nile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It depends on whether you&#8217;re considering compass direction or fow. But I&#8217;m off on the overnight train to Aswan in a couple of hours. From there I will be doing/seeing: Abu Simbel/Lake Nasser A 3 dy, 2 night Felucca trip north from Aswan towards Luxor Seeing the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pyramids Sound and Light Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So after I came down from the roof it was time to head over to the sound and light show. I was pretty tired by now, but I&#8217;d had my expectations suitable lowered by my guide book and other travellers. But low enough for guys in Egyptian headdresses playing bagpipes badly? Tough call. But it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.konyagi.org/blog/uncategorized/pyramids-sound-and-light-show</link>
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		<title>Memphis: Elvis is not here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know how I told you about the dodgy tour and driver. Well Memphis was one of the places he raved about. Turns out it was because he wanted to drag me to a dodgy kebab joint where I paid 60 quid for a bad kebab and 20 quid each for beers. Before that ripoff, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.konyagi.org/blog/uncategorized/memphis-elvis-is-not-here</link>
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		<title>North Saqqara: World&#8217;s first pyramid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South of Giza, just outside of Memphis is the vast necropolis of Saqqara, with many pyramids and mastabas and other ancient bits of rock. My driver was intent on just showing me the step pyramid but I was onto him by now and decided to have a good look around. Having stayed outside at Giza, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.konyagi.org/blog/uncategorized/north-saqqara-worlds-first-pyramid</link>
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		<title>Sphinx: Horus of the Horizon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There, easy to get impressive post titles after 5 minutes in Wikipedia. Sphinx is the Greek name, Hor-em-akhet (Horus of the Horizon) is a later Egyptian name, no-one knows the real name. I tried saying &#8220;Here kitty kitty&#8221; but got no response. So that&#8217;s another mystery I haven&#8217;t solved. This post occurs directly after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.konyagi.org/blog/uncategorized/sphinx-horus-of-the-horizon</link>
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		<title>&#8220;I was full of dreams&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[said Napoleon, &#8220;I saw myself founding a new Religion, Marching into Asia, Riding an Elephant, a Turban on my head and in my hand, the new Qu&#8217;ran.&#8221; I want what he&#8217;s having! Egypt hasn&#8217;t quite grabbed me like that yet, though I&#8217;ve only been here a few days so maybe it creeps up on you. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.konyagi.org/blog/uncategorized/i-was-full-of-dreams</link>
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		<title>Planes over the Sheraton Deira</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m not really a planespotter. Well not a good one anyway. But the Sheraton was on the flight path. And it was near the airport. And there was a swimming pool on the roof. And the pool had a bar. And the bar served vodka tonics. And the stereo only had one cd. And [...]]]></description>
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