History

burning witches at the stake

Church leaders oversaw the burning of witches. Historians estimate that around 50,000 people were executed as witches during the 15th to 18th century. However, this practice was not adopted in colonial America, including during the Salem Witch Trials (they were hanged) -- Brave AI.

colonialism

Request: Is it inherently bad? Is there some positive application?

Socrates

Calibrated at 540 in Truth vs. Falsehood. Priority request.

Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari

A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg... explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human” -- amazon.

eugenics

"Historically, eugenicists have altered various human gene frequencies by inhibiting the fertility of people and groups purported to be inferior or promoting that of those purported to be superior" -- wikipedia. The TvF calibration of Eugenics is 105 (awareness).

Victor Davis Hanson

American military historian, essayist, university professor, and conservative commentator.

relics of the 12 apostles at the Chapel of the Holy Cross

Request: Supposedly there are the bone fragments of each of the 12 apostles and two saints at the Chapel. Are they real?

Sukhasiddhi

"her 61 year old physical body purified itself and transformed into a youthful, attractive, very white rainbow body. Her silken hair flowed down her back. She became as beautiful as a sixteen year old maiden, ravishing to behold, and sat up in the sky for seven days" -- tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.

Bodhidharma

"Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch" -- wikipedia. Calibrated at 795 in TvF.

Martin Luther's 1543 treatise "On the Jews and their Lies"

In this treatise, he argues that Jewish synagogues and schools be set on fire, prayer books be destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, Jewish homes burned, and property and money confiscated -- wikipedia.

Jesus' level at birth

Was Jesus born enlightened?

Rumi

Like other mystic and Sufi poets of Persian literature, Rumi's poetry speaks of love which infuses the world -- wikipedia.

T/F: the Sandy Hook shooting was a CIA operation

Various conspiracy theorists have claimed that the December 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut was actually orchestrated by the U.S. government as part of an elaborate plot to promote stricter gun control laws -- wikipedia.

United States Constitution

The supreme law of the land, establishing the framework of the federal government and the relationship between the federal government and the states. It is a written document that has been amended 27 times since its adoption in 1787 -- Brave AI. Calibrated in TvF at 710 [awareness].

Declaration of Independence

Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It declared the 13 American colonies’ independence from Great Britain and established the United States of America as a sovereign nation -- Brave AI. Calibrated at 705 [awareness] in TvF.