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Category Archives: Science
Finally! The truth about truth: Folk foundations of scientific reductionism
On The Media I’m not a psychologist, but I think that at some deep level, if the situation you’re living is a lie, and the situation these boys were living was one, and, moreover, at least the father was complicit … Continue reading
Collective cognition, culture, mind share and patterns of action
Ubuntu: Just how popular is it? – Starry Hope Productions…Ubuntu has managed to gain a large portion of the Linux mind share, at least amongst the tech community. Wikipedia: Mind share is the amount of attention required by something and … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Framing, Science, Social Science
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Science vs. social science of the environment
FT.com / Comment & analysis / Comment – Freedom, not climate, is at risk As someone who lived under communism for most of his life, I feel obliged to say that I see the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the … Continue reading
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Algorithms and everything
digg – The Digg Comment Algorithm Everything in this world can be shown as a flowchart algorithm. This, of course, applies to the complex and not well researched field of “Digg comments“. Here’s my humble attempt to define an algorithm … Continue reading
Posted in Analogies, Cognition, Linguistics, Philosophy, Science
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New Atheism and old religions or the other way around?
On The Media: Transcript of “God No!” (December 15, 2006) In response to the global challenge posted by religious extremism, a small group of impassioned atheists has taken a new approach. They target the tolerant with both reason and ridicule. … Continue reading
YouTube of the 1890s
BBC – Radio 4 – Archive Hour – 21 October 2006 Matthew Parris uncovers the remarkable story of the Electrophone, the first sound broadcasting service to operate in Britain. Electrophone (information system) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The name Electrophone … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Social Science, Technology and life
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Is mathematics an empirical science?
Maths has the reputation of a a ‘pure’ discipline which sets both the practice and essence of mathematics apart from all other fields of inquiry. Mathematicians often use this ‘axiom’ to remind other academics of their superiority. Many people mention … Continue reading
Posted in Analogies, Philosophy, Science
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Role of examples in social debate and research
Cartoon Warfare (Ann Applebaum, WP) In recent years “the personal is political,” a phrase whose origins are lost deep in the history of the women’s movement, has among other things come to mean that just about anyone is allowed to … Continue reading
Determinism and evidentiary value of belief based on personal experience
BBC – Five Live – Mark Kermode film reviews included this and last week an interesting exchange. First, the reviewer claimed that watching the film The March of the Penguin makes it possible to assume some level of intelligent design … Continue reading
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Reliability of common wisdom – models and power
TPM Online Article So: whom to believe? There seems to be no doubt, as these authors and recent research suggest, that there’s a genetic component to obesity. Nor is there any doubt that obesity, like alcoholism before it, seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Science, Social Science
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