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Monthly Archives: August 2012
The God of Independent Minds
2012.08.25 – 14:23
The God of Independent Minds “the God of Israel so cherishes independent-minded men and women that he himself names them Israel, meaning “will contend with God,” as a sign of his love and esteem.”
Blog: The Righteous Mind: Rape doesn’t lead to pregnancy, in the mind of someone seeking “Moral Coherence”
2012.08.24 – 10:39
Rape doesn’t lead to pregnancy, in the mind of someone seeking “Moral Coherence” Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind
Rationally Speaking: Friendly advice to skeptics
2012.08.24 – 10:16
Rationally Speaking: Friendly advice to skeptics “For many religious people, an element of faith is intertwined with their overall participatory experience. Yet the CoR mistakenly foregrounds only the faith element of religious life. What brings people back to church again and again is the participatory experience and what turns them away is a bad experience. […]
Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: Why Is Appalachia Like That?
2012.08.23 – 09:49
Why Is Appalachia Like That? Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher
Twitter: @daringfireball
2012.08.22 – 20:28
daringfireball The Disciplined Pursuit of Less: http://t.co/XQOemF9T
Blog: TED Blog: The 20 most-watched TED Talks to date
2012.08.21 – 12:44
The 20 most-watched TED Talks to date Kate Torgovnick, TED Blog
Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: How long does it take to achieve basic competency at any skill?
2012.08.21 – 11:36
How long does it take to achieve basic competency at any skill? (author unknown), Barking up the wrong tree
Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: What’s the sweet spot for optimal improvement?
2012.08.21 – 11:36
What’s the sweet spot for optimal improvement? (author unknown), Barking up the wrong tree
Blog: The Righteous Mind: How to understand one third of all political arguments
2012.08.21 – 11:36
How to understand one third of all political arguments Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind
Twitter: @ProductiveOuts
2012.08.20 – 14:29
ProductiveOuts Spent the day inside the scoreboard at OAK on Sunday, and snapped this pic for posterity (and for @jonahkeri) http://t.co/JSI7Uxqb #Expos
Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: Do all great artists fall into two categories?
2012.08.20 – 10:05
Do all great artists fall into two categories? (author unknown), Barking up the wrong tree
Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: What three things can we learn about strategy from the greatest generals of history?
2012.08.20 – 10:05
What three things can we learn about strategy from the greatest generals of history? (author unknown), Barking up the wrong tree
3quarksdaily: The Rats of War: Konrad Lorenz and the Anthropic Shift
2012.08.20 – 09:41
3quarksdaily: The Rats of War: Konrad Lorenz and the Anthropic Shift “Lorenz’s solutions to the problems of aggression, set out so elaborately in On Aggression, are disarmingly simple… There are four solutions: Know thyself, ethologically; cathartically sublimate the aggressive (and libidinous) drives; promote international friendship; and most importantly channel of militant enthusiasm into just causes.”
Alison Gopnik on Childhood
2012.08.19 – 18:38
Alison Gopnik on Childhood “All children see their parents sub specie aeternitatis–as unchanging, eternal elements of the natural world, rather than as particular people at a particular phase of history during a few particular years in their lives.”