May 2011
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The things we'll never know
Disbelieving Free Will Makes Brain Less Free: which makes perfect sense while it doesn’t at the same time. By which I mean I have a lot of doubts whether you can untangle belief and will. In my opinion, the suggestion of a causal relationship between belief and will is as good as saying there’s a possibility free will is an illusion, a mere conscience of quantum probability; but if...
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The weekly report
The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science: after reading this, I think it’s no small miracle progress happens despite humans’ delusional nature. (via Instapaper) ¶
RSA Animate: Ken Robinson on Education Reform. ¶
An online SLR camera simulator. Might be a good didactic tool. ¶
Colleges Worry About Always-Plugged-In Students. I think the classroom should be an internet...
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“This model can also be found in the aisles of supermarkets, where you’re offered...”
– Roger Ebert on movie trailers. (via Cheat Sheet)
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Everything is stupid
There’s been much noise and disinformation about the so-called IMF/EU ‘bailout’ of Portugal, which I chose to spell with quotes because it’s not really a bailout, but rather a loan made under such paradoxical draconian conditions - eg. restoring ‘competitiveness’ by lowering corporations’ welfare taxes while raising taxes on the energy they spend;...
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“What we have in academia, in other words, is a microcosm of the economy as a...”
– Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education (via Metafilter)
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