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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Blog: Dilbert.com Blog: Automatic Movie of Your Trip
Automatic Movie of Your Trip by (author unknown) Dilbert.com Blog
Can computers replace scientists?
Can computers replace scientists? “Given data about several different biological functions within the cell, the computer did something mind-blowing. ‘We found this really beautiful, elegant equation that described how the cell worked, and that tended to hold true over all of our new experiments,’ Schmidt says. There was only one problem: The humans had no […]
Asimov – The Relativity of Wrong
Asimov – The Relativity of Wrong “When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them […]
Blog: Ben Casnocha: “What Would I Need to Believe For This to Be the Right Decision?”
“What Would I Need to Believe For This to Be the Right Decision?” by Ben Casnocha Ben Casnocha
Blog: Seth’s Blog: Will you choose to do it live?
Will you choose to do it live? by Seth Godin Seth's Blog
Flickr: EXTERMINATE. EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!!!
EXTERMINATE. EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!!! by unexpectedtales This weeks Weekly Imogen is Doctor Who Baking — I hope the first minute of this video makes you smile 🙂 www.youtube.com/user/WeeklyImogen?feature=watch
Why is Teaching Critical Thinking So Hard?
Why is Teaching Critical Thinking So Hard? (pdf)
YouTube: Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman discusses Antifragility at NYPL.mp4
Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman discusses Antifragility at NYPL.mp4 pleasemishandle
The Disciples on Leadership and Hierarchy
The Disciples on Leadership and Hierarchy
Blog: Ezra Klein: The key to evaluating teachers: Ask kids what they think
The key to evaluating teachers: Ask kids what they think by Dylan Matthews Ezra Klein
Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: The Past As Bathwater
The Past As Bathwater by Rod Dreher The American Conservative » Rod Dreher
Blog: Barking Up The Wrong Tree: What makes for a good life?
What makes for a good life? by Eric Barker Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Technology Ages in Reverse
Technology Ages in Reverse The longer a technology has existed in the past, the longer it can be expect to exist into the future.
5 examples of how the languages we speak can affect the way we think
5 examples of how the languages we speak can affect the way we think “there’s a correlation between a focus on agents in English and our criminal-justice bent toward punishing transgressors rather than restituting victims”