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JJ at Feminist Philosophers posted a recent case of a child who appears to have had little social contact for the first five or six years of her life. As JJ notes, feral children, while thankfully rare, are interesting to theorists for a variety of reasons.

Assertiveness training My oldest son talks less frequently than some other children, but he does “talk.” When he was younger than he is now, people often saw fit to remark upon his early attempts at communication in a less than complimentary manner. Stutters and stammerers are used to such treatment.

Yes, I am borrowing from a TV show: House,  MD. Everybody lies, yes they do. Not to say that everybody lies all the time, but that people usually behave in their own best interest. This quite often leads to deceiving statements. There will be an entry dedicated to selfish acts, don’t worry.

One of the features of humankind that has long been thought to be unique to us is the theory of mind.  This is our ability to deduce what another might be thinking, a critical base for such behaviors as for empathy, socialization, even battle and strategy.  It is so prevalent and so innate that

Agony 15 07 2008 In general I find very little merit in assholes, but there is definitely one thing I appreciate about them that is universally reliable, and that is that they will always challenge me. Not necessarily challenging my opinion, although the redneck type seems to a lot IMO.

Story by Anne-Marie Tobin, from Canadian Press. * * * Can robots and computers take the place of a human being? Two new studies involving research on brain activity in humans provide some food for thought in the evolving debate about interactions between man and machine - and in both cases, people seem to prefer people.

George Watson asked: Herbs are used for maintaining good overall health and keeping the bodys most basic processes working properly. People have been using herbs for medicinal reasons since before recorded history. In the past just as today, herbs are used for a million different things including weight loss, digestive health, and sexual health.

Nick Williams - Inspired Entrepreneur Lola Fayemi - Urban Spirit Nick Williams runs a business called Inspired Entrepreneur and he helps people start doing the work that they were born to do. He gave some really good advice in the first half of the show about how you can try and work towards making your passion into a business.

Where is our thinking about people thinking located? July 11, 2008 — Spirit of the Time Over at The Situationist there is a recent post on the work of Rebecca Saxe , a cognitive neuroscientist at MIT, on the brain localization of thought about the minds of others, and about moral reasoning that involves the attribution of mental states to others.

The Temporal Music Cognition of Crosby, Stills and Nash: CATHEDRAL. Verses=grace, choruses=comfort. Average tempo=80 bpm, an indicator of LONELINESS. July 9, 2008 – 1:35 pm Posted in Microsoft, Music Cognition, Music Objectivism, Objective Tempo, PoC, Speed Of Loneliness, Tempo Irony, cognitive