A chucle for married men
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:55:16 -0700 (PDT)
see
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/09/getting_dressed/ ...
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The fewer the competitors the harder they try
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:39:33 -0700 (PDT)
Encouraging competitiveness
Psyched out
Jul 9th 2009
From The Economist print edition
The fewer the competitors, the harder they try
WHAT relationship there is between the number of participants in a
competition and the motivation of the competitors has long eluded
researchers. Does the presence of a ...
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Bad circumstances breed daughters
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:29:59 -0700 (PDT)
Sex ratios and maternal environment
Sons and mothers
Jul 9th 2009
From The Economist print edition
Poor circumstances breed daughters
THAT mother knows best is no secret. That her reproductive organs also
know best may come as more of a surprise. But that is what two
evolutionary biologists, Robert Tr ...
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Lifeboat island
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:25:43 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5820038/Renewables-are-a-waste-of-time-says-James-Lovelock.html
Renewables are a waste of time, says James Lovelock
Britain should abandon its "vain" attempts to stop climate change by
increasing its reliance on renewable energy and concentrate on flood
defences, the ...
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Re: Things belonging to the emperor
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:55:19 -0500
gROWLER wrote:
>this example of a system of classification is
> deliberately and obviously bizarre, the implication
> being that all systems of classification must be
> examined to prove that they are logical.
Unfortunately, what rattled the composure of some was that Foucault
seemingly went on to find " ...
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Things belonging to the emperor
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:18:31 -0700 (PDT)
The brilliant Agentinian writer Borges, in a short story entitled "The
Analytical Language of John Wilkins" mentioned a certain Chinese
encyclopaedia entitled ?Celestial Empire of benevolent Knowledge?. In
its remote pages it is written that the animals are divided into: (a)
belonging to the emperor, (b) embalmed, ...
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The changing fnature of suicide in America
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:56:35 -0700 (PDT)
Study Contradicts Popular Belief About Seasonality of Suicides
July 8th, 2009 in Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular belief, more Americans commit
suicide in summer than in winter, and the day of the week when
individuals are more likely to take their own lives has ...
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Taking turns
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:17:35 -0700 (PDT)
This article from the Telegraph website may be of interest, though it
doesn't contain much detail:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5777508/Taking-it-in-turns-is-down-to-evolution.html
Taking it in turns 'is down to evolution'
Taking turns may not just be good manners but ...
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Consciousness has rhythms
Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:53:49 -0700 (PDT)
Rhythms of Consciousness: Binocular Rivalry Reveals Large-Scale
Oscillatory
Network Dynamics Mediating Visual Perception
Sam M. Doesburg 1, Jessica J. Green 2, John J. McDonald 2, Lawrence M.
Ward 1,3
1 Psychophysics and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of
Psychology,
University of British Columb ...
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Blasphemy law passed in Ireland
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:52:50 GMT
http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2009/07/blasphemy-law-passed-in-ireland.html
Amazing, in this age...
Mark
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