What did IEET visitors read, watch, and comment on last month? Space, drugs, sex, death, religion and urban design provided high traffic. Statistics with links are provided.

Top 15 Essays in April Hits

3D Printing Laboratories: the Age of DIY Designer Drugs Begins  by Nikki Olson (9,400 hits)
How to Build a Dyson Sphere in Five (relatively) Easy Steps  by George Dvorsky (9,227) posted 3/29
Sixty Years Old - is my future short and messy, or long and glorious? by Hank Pellissier (7,203)
Nudity is Healthy for the Body and Brain  by Hank Pellissier (5,178)
Future Cities: Combined Advanced Technologies and Flexible Urban Infrastructures  by Rachel Armstrong (4,182)
Is God an Alien Mathematician?  by Ben Goertzel (3,302)
Celebrating Space! Solar Tornadoes, Exoplanets, and Micro Black Holes  by David Brin (2,824)
Russia 2045  Ben Goertzel (2,775)
100% Honesty, Transparency, Disclosure - is this the “naked future” that we want? by Hank Pellissier (2,469)
The Future of Democracy  by Pietro Speroni di Fenizio (2,426)
Vagina Dentata: Techno-Gizmos for the Elimination of Rape by Hank Pellissier (2,346)
Automated Systems Set to Steal Teaching, Healthcare, Governing Jobs  by Dick Pelletier (2,013)
* Israel Will Strike Iran Before November by piero scaruffi (3,987 - total in April is uncertain, posted 3/24)
* Nano-Bio-Info-Skin  by Natasha Vita-More (3,733 - total in April is uncertain, posted 3/18)
* Ethics of Genetically Engineering the Human Mind by Kris Notaro (3,344 - total in April is uncertain, posted 3/30)

Top 6 Videos in April Hits

Are You A Psychopath? take the test (1,505 hits)
Confessions of a Pro-Social Psychopath (1,438)
Why Monogamy is Ridiculous - Dan Savage (1,154)
Does God Exist? Steven Hawking (1,135)
Do You Have Asperger Syndrome? (1,102)
Bill Clinton became a Vegan, lost 24 pounds, healed himself (1046)

 

Top 15 Essays and Videos in April Comments

Ethics of Genetically Engineering the Human Mind by Kris Notaro (111 comments)
Anne Frank, Risk Assessment and Israel’s Foreign Policy by Hank Pellissier (79 comments)
Free to be - Offensive by P. Tittle (61)
Integrate Your Ideology by Lincoln Cannon (52)
Sixty Years Old - is my future short and messy, or long and glorious? by Hank Pellissier (46)
The Existential Nihilist? by Kris Notaro (44)
Secular Gods and Sacred Machines by Alex McGilvery (29)
100% Honesty, Transparency, Disclosure - is this the “naked future” that we want? by Hank Pellissier (29)
Does God Exist? video by Steven Hawking (28)
The Psychopaths Among Us by George Dvorsky (21)
Vagina Dentata: Techno-Gizmos for the Elimination of Rape by Hank Pellissier (19)
Automated Systems Set to Steal Teaching, Healthcare, Governing Jobs  by Dick Pelletier (18)
Transhumanism and Eugenics by John Niman (16)
Dr. Frankenstein, meet Dr. Spock - creating Designer Babies by P. Tittle (15)
Is God an Alien Mathematician?  by Ben Goertzel (14)