An excellent description of the problems with trying to argue (in either direction) about nature vs. nurture. (The post is regarding sex differences, but similar arguments can apply to other populations.)

Annette Karmiloff-Smith mostly studies neurological, cognitive, and linguistic development of atypically developing children (e.g., those with ( Read more... )

I'm on Day 4 now of trying to write 1000 words a day for a while. It's going pretty well, but it's a fair amount of work to make myself produce content every day -- and I'm not even planning on anyone seeing most of the content I'm producing, at least not immediately, so it's not like I have to worry about it being good or check my facts or ( Read more... )

Forgetfulness by Billy Collins, animated by Julian Grey of Headgear ( Read more... )

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dan4th has posted a geek sexy contest. You should all go post your amusing geeky sex analogies and/or your geek sexy photos! I want to see some creative, amusing, and hot responses. Please ( Read more... )

dan4th asked me some questions. You can ask me some too, if you feel like it. Or you can ask for some questions, and if I can think of any, I'll give you some to answer.

( cut because I ramble a lot )