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  • In-dividual


    The Book of Barely Imagined BeingsAuthority Authority: 131
    We are embedded in the mental world of others just as we are embedded in the physical world. What we are currently doing and thinking is molded by whomever we are interacting with. But this is not how we experience ourselves. We experience ourselves as agents with minds of our own. This is the final illusion created ...
    11 hours ago
  • "OOPS!"


    BlogsAuthority Authority: 162
    I almost killed an old lady the other day.  I have been volunteering at a nursing home for two years to visit with Suzanne, a 96-year-old woman who, despite being blind and crippled, was one of the most lucid, cultured and intelligent people on her unit, staff included. (See "Suzanne Takes You Down..." ) Until she ...
    16 hours ago
  • Faking it


    What Sorts of PeopleAuthority Authority: 125
    Duke psychologist and behavioral economist Dan Ariely, has a fascinating short video up at Predictably Irrational on his work on the association between fakery and honesty. He reports his work, using (and demonstrated with) Chloe sunglasses and fake Chloes, and reports the experimental effects of even superficial ...
    1 day ago
  • Dehydration causes negative mood, cognitive dysfunction


    iHealthBulletin NewsAuthority Authority: 134
    ARS.USDA.gov - Dehydration has long been known to compromise physical performance. Now, a new study provides insight into the effects of mild dehydration on young athletes, and possibly into the mood and lives of people too busy to consume enough water daily. The study was supported in part by the Agricultural ...
    1 day ago
  • Psychic Income Versus Real Income


    LILA RAJIVA: The Mind-Body PoliticAuthority Authority: 138
    John Mauldin in Frontline Thoughts on one off balance sheet vehicle that might get us out of this crisis faster than we think: psychic income, our dreams for our future…“Every night we go to sleep on our psychic income, and every day we get up and try to figure out how to turn it into [...]
    1 day ago
  • Finally: Social science findings that could be all about you


    Scientific American - ObservationsAuthority Authority: 131
    Early next year, 350 or so Penn State students and staff, as well as local retirees and others, will wander around State College, Pa., for three weeks, pausing intermittently to drop their heads down as they tap on smart phones to answer detailed questions about how they feel immediately after nearly every social ...
    2 days ago
  • Peasant mentality at large


    Dangerous IntersectionAuthority Authority: 435
    In a post from a few months ago, Matt Tabbi described the peasant mentality so common in America today. It’s a mindset that refuses to criticize the ruling class, no matter how oppressive things get: After all, the reason the winger crowd can’t find a way to be coherently angry right now is because this ...
    3 days ago
  • I am thankful for…free resources


    ???? ???Authority Authority: 476
    Well, I am thankful for many things: family, friends, housing, food, education (really far too many things to list). I am now pretty sure, you will be thankful for the following free resources: Encyclopedia Judaica ( HT: Mark Hoffman ) Language and Cognition: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language and ...
    3 days ago
  • UMP | University of Minnesota Press Blog: Author Q&A: On Gilles Deleuze, philosophical tools, and "Political Affect"


    John Protevi's BlogAuthority Authority: 112
    A preview from a recent Q&A with me.  Q: How did you decide on case studies as a method of doing philosophy? A: I think case studies are an important and under-used tool in philosophy, as opposed to thought experiments ... with case studies we’re not after essential distinctions at the borders of categories. ...
    4 days ago
  • Drawing is a Way of Thinking


    DavidSibbet.comAuthority Authority: 395
    I came across this video of designer Milton Glaser talking about drawing as a way of thinking. I couldnt agree more with what he is saying (while drawing). Thanks to Ken Homer who linked me to Dan Roams Back of the Napkin site who linked to Vimeo C. Coys creation. MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy ...
    5 days ago
  • Its all in your head


    BlogsAuthority Authority: 162
    It’s all in your head... That is, the way we each see the world around us is determined by how we engage with it. This message was driven home to me in an unexpected way. A few years ago I took a creative writing class in which the professor asked us to describe the same scene twice, the first time from the ...
    5 days ago
  • #44 Comm.unity


    LabCASTAuthority Authority: 92
    The Comm.unity platform enables mobile devices to discover and communicate with each other in close proximity. It also transforms these devices into social sensors, and allows programmers to rapidly develop locally and socially aware applications. Several use cases demonstrate key concepts of Comm.unity.
    5 days ago
  • Matt Tabbi discusses how the media makes and breaks politicians


    Dangerous IntersectionAuthority Authority: 435
    Yes, the media makes and breaks politicians. They tell us who the “serious” politicians are before the race has even begun, and it always seems to be about who can raise money. At his blog, Matt Tabbi writes thoughtfully about this issue of the way the media caricatures politicians: The political media has ...
    6 days ago
  • A Hungarian Doggy Summer


    Bark N Blog...nuttin' but the dog in me!Authority Authority: 124
    LOL this was so fun and too cute not to share -- Happy Monday everyone!brought to you by Bark N Blog
    6 days ago
  • (Not so great) expectations


    BlogsAuthority Authority: 162
    I have an apology to make to anyone who has been reading my posts weekly. By posting on the same day every week for a while I created an expectation that this week I didnt meet, and this may have upset your limbic system. Sorry about that! The brain is finely tuned to expectations, and an expectation that isnt met, ...
    6 days ago
  • Mapping the Green Infrastructure at UVM with LiDAR


    LiDAR NewsAuthority Authority: 124
    I want to highlight a presentation that Jarlath O’Neil Dunne at UVM SAL has posted on his blog. This was from the 2009 eCognition User Summit where he demonstrated the power of  the Definiens software. The enterprise scale and object-based image analysis approach are the keys to success. I borrowed most of the ...
    6 days ago
  • William K. Black: It’s time for real economic reform


    Dangerous IntersectionAuthority Authority: 435
    We are a nation in severe crisis. According to William K. Black, a white-collar criminologist, President Obama doesn’t deserve any more of our patience: The Obama administration promoted Bush’s architects of the financial disaster and demands that we hail them as heroes. President Bush was ridiculed for ...
    1 week ago
  • Acknowledging Our Cyborgness in Education and Beyond


    gnovis - Georgetown University's Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT)Authority Authority: 125
    Two weeks ago the Danish government started a pilot program allowing college students to use Internet during exams (see the news article here ). They are planning on extending the program to all of schools in the country by 2011. At first look this seems like a simple policy change. However, when I read the news ...
    1 week ago
  • The “Rules”: Prescription, Description, and the Quest for a Middle Ground


    BlogsAuthority Authority: 162
    My recent book, The Lexicographer’s Dilemma , is an extended attempt to explain where we get our ideas about “correct” English. The subtitle, The Evolution of “Proper” English, from Shakespeare to “South Park,” gives an idea of my subject. What I try to teach -- in that book, in any number of the ...
    1 week ago
  • The Origin of Intelligence


    nikkypals.comAuthority Authority: 170
    supernatural origin. It is merely the product of evolution by natural selection. To download this video copyright free please go to: www.mediafire.com To learn more about lactose metabolism in E.coli visit: en.wikipedia.org To learn more about nylon digesting bacteria visit: en.wikipedia.org And remember to always ...
    1 week ago

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