February 2012
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WatchGreat animation. The entrance reminds me of the IGA in Westmount.
IGA - Odeur de Pain (by SHED)
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Q&A: Hacker Historian George Dyson Sits Down With... →
Such an exceptional interview.
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“Remembering is not the re-excitation of innumerable fixed, lifeless and...”
– Learning to Forget | Wired Science | Wired.com
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Watch(via The Dark Secret Behind Quirky Romantic Comedies | Cracked.com)
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Evolution, Creationism and Our School System →
Teaching creationism or intelligent design in a science class is like teaching faith healing in a medical college or teaching students how to speak in ‘tongues’ as part of a foreign language class.
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“Today’s belief in ineluctable certainty is the true innovation-killer of our...”
– Innovation Starvation | World Policy Institute
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“When you’re rushing to a solution, your mind will jump to the easiest and...”
– What Happened to Downtime? The Extinction of Deep Thinking & Sacred Space :: Articles :: The 99 Percent
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“If critical periods aren’t quite so firm as people once believed, a world of...”
– Guitar Zero: A Neuroscientist Debunks the Myth of “Music Instinct” | Brain Pickings
Guitar Zero: A Neuroscientist Debunks the Myth of... →
I heart Brainpickings :)
The discipline of making →
bobulate:
The difference between making and meeting:
If you’re rushing to make a train, you have to be there before the last moment. Five seconds too late is too late. The cost of error is absolute. If you’re hurrying to meet a train, though, there’s a soft deadline. Five seconds is no big deal. Thirty seconds might be annoying, particularly for someone returning from a long journey. And five...
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What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's... →
So awesome.
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WatchThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (by Moonbot Studios)
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Another Godless Goddess: America's Darwin Problem →
America’s got a Darwin problem — and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they “believe in evolution.” When another study asked if humans had developed from earlier species of…
Powers of 10 - Amazing →
Super mega awesome!
You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never... →
Too many good things to quote out of this.
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“So there you have it: That’s the best case that can be made against gay...”
– Why the Proponents of a Gay Marriage Ban Will Soon Be Speechless - Slate Magazine
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“Once again, the explanation for this effect returns us to the benefits of not...”
– Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Is Great for Creativity | Wired Science | Wired.com
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MobilityWOD →
All human beings should be able to perform basic maintenance on themselves
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Using Research to Predict Great Teachers →
It’s like Moneyball for teachers.
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“The role of the imagination is to create new meanings and to discover...”
– Iconic designer and legendary curmudgeon Paul Rand on the role of the imagination. (via curiositycounts)
“It’s not ‘content then design’, or ‘content or design’. It’s ‘content and...”
– Structure First. Content Always. | Mark Boulton
Honeywell goes after Nest Learning Thermostat for... →
If you can patent the use of complete sentences while programming something our patent system is fucking broken.
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“True believers have always felt something more, an extra dimension that has...”
– An obsessive history of The Elements of Style and what makes it a cultural treasure. (via curiositycounts)
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Creationism is bad science →
To sum
It’s scientifically unsound - i.e. it’s not science
It’s theologically unsound - who the fuck cares
It’s bad for business - real science = real education
It’s unconstitutional - creationism is religion not science, religion does not belong in public education
In sum… someone should expel these idiots from their state senate and replace them with...
“So what would our mornings look like if we re-engineered them in the interest of...”
– New neurosciences studies show most morning routines kill creativity, but there might be something we can do about it. (via curiositycounts)
January 2012
39 posts
