The Psych Approach – David Brooks “In the past several decades, policy makers have focused on the material and bureaucratic things that correlate to school failure, like poor neighborhoods, bad nutrition, schools that are too big or too small. But, more recently, attention has shifted to the psychological reactions that impede learning — the ones […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
A Belated Rant Against Literature as Philosophy
2012.09.30 – 13:17
A Belated Rant Against Literature as Philosophy “If a fiction writer…really has the philosophical goods, then chances are, you’re going to see it spelled out in actual treatises. If you don’t see this, then you’ve most likely got a philosophical debutante, a dabbler, someone who may be a great observer of human nature but can’t […]
When Is The Best Time Of The Day To Blog?
2012.09.30 – 09:17
When Is The Best Time Of The Day To Blog?
Reporting science: Journalistic deficit disorder | The Economist
2012.09.30 – 09:01
Reporting science: Journalistic deficit disorder | The Economist “The deflating follow-ups, by contrast, languished in more obscure publications, which hard-pressed hacks and quacks alike are less likely to read.”
YouTube: Tyrell Carrigan 98 yard touchdown run
2012.09.29 – 21:55
Tyrell Carrigan 98 yard touchdown run PlayOnNetwork
Blog: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: Sexism In The Sciences
2012.09.28 – 12:22
Sexism In The Sciences Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
YouTube: Splash Lab Science: Rock Skipping Tips and High Speed Photography
2012.09.28 – 11:55
Splash Lab Science: Rock Skipping Tips and High Speed Photography BYUNews
Blog: Ezra Klein: Is Sweden awesome because it mooches off the U.S.?
2012.09.28 – 11:22
Is Sweden awesome because it mooches off the U.S.? Dylan Matthews, Ezra Klein
The Best College Prank Of The 1790s (With Bats, Poop & Grass) : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
2012.09.28 – 09:47
The Best College Prank Of The 1790s (With Bats, Poop & Grass) : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: How To Fix This Kind Of Broken?
2012.09.28 – 09:07
How To Fix This Kind Of Broken? Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher
Hawks Swinging Wildly at Obama’s “Glass Jaw” on Foreign Policy | The American Conservative
2012.09.27 – 16:39
Hawks Swinging Wildly at Obama’s “Glass Jaw” on Foreign Policy | The American Conservative
Uncovering the Big Five Human Mindsets with graph theory
2012.09.27 – 15:26
Uncovering the Big Five Human Mindsets with graph theory “This analysis and other work is slowly but surely helping us build a computational model of how emotions work. This understanding will allow us to create technologies that are more responsive to human wants and needs. In addition, by understanding the underlying structure of emotion transitions, […]
How and why people change their emotional mindset: Gateways and Words
2012.09.27 – 15:26
How and why people change their emotional mindset: Gateways and Words “Which emotions work as stepping stones towards a happier and more positive state of mind…That the things that makes you become happy are not the same as the things that help you stay happy.”
Blog: Baseball Prospectus: In A Pickle: Free to Be We by Jason Wojciechowski
2012.09.27 – 08:56
In A Pickle: Free to Be We by Jason Wojciechowski (author unknown), Baseball Prospectus
Which Is Greater, The Number Of Sand Grains On Earth Or Stars In The Sky? : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
2012.09.26 – 17:47
Which Is Greater, The Number Of Sand Grains On Earth Or Stars In The Sky? : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR ‘We are surrounded by vastness, high and low, and either way, as Blatner’s book says, we “can’t handle the biggitude.”‘
Stanislav Petrov Single-Handedly Prevented Nuclear War – Mental Floss
2012.09.26 – 14:21
Stanislav Petrov Single-Handedly Prevented Nuclear War – Mental Floss
Why social welfare states need the US
2012.09.26 – 10:44
Why social welfare states need the US “in the world equilibrium, it is not a best response for the cutthroat capitalists to switch to a more cuddly form of capitalism.”