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However, I have a gut feeling that the reason we're so communicative is that we are, at a very fundamental level, a communication phenomenon: that is, our actual sense of conscious identity emerges from the internal use of our language faculty to bind together our stream of cognition and create an internal narrative. Internally, language allows us ( Read more... ) -
Mostly for skatey ...
but also for all of the amazing women I know doing awesome work in cogsci or neuro or creating memory for other people ( Read more... ) -
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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whosoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.
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Airlines redefine disruptive behaviour as terrorism.
In todays Los Angeles Times, there's an article about the abuse of the Patriot Act. There have been 200 odd convictions, often just for behaviour involving raised voices and swearing. Flight personnel have very broad discretion and no clear standard on what is considered "attempt or conspiracy ( Read more... ) -
Today in WTF news ...
David Attenborough gets hate mail from fundies?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/27/david-attenborough-science
Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he receives hate mail from viewers for failing to credit God in his documentaries. In ( Read more... ) -
Fuel miles and eco-protectionism
People who automatically equate purchasing domestically produced with environmentally friendly make me angry. Partially because it commingles something I love about progressive politics (Environmentalism) with something I detest (Protectionism, tariffs, anti-trade ( Read more... )
