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Tweet by Bleacherdave

2014.02.11 – 16:06

@kenarneson nice BP 2014 piece. Thanks — Bleacherdave (@Bleacherdave) February 11, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1dG8SOG

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YouTube: Existential SW (In French)

2014.02.10 – 22:01

Existential SW (In French) OneMinuteGalactica

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Jonathan Haidt: Why Sam Harris is Unlikely to Change his Mind

2014.02.10 – 21:55

Jonathan Haidt: Why Sam Harris is Unlikely to Change his Mind ‘“The function of reasoning is argumentative. It is to devise and evaluate arguments intended to persuade…. Skilled arguers are not after the truth but after arguments supporting their views.” When self-interest, partisan identity, or strong emotions are involved, reasoning turns into a lawyer, using […]

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Motivated Numeracy and Enlightened Self-Government

2014.02.10 – 21:19

Motivated Numeracy and Enlightened Self-Government “This outcome supported Identity-protective Cognition Thesis, which predicted that more Numerate subjects would use their quantitative-reasoning capacity selectively to conform their interpretation of the data to the result most consistent with their political outlooks.”

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Major League attendance trends past, present, and future – Beyond the Box Score

2014.02.10 – 12:55

Major League attendance trends past, present, and future – Beyond the Box Score I dig the “attendance per metro population” chart; it’s much more flat than the raw attendance numbers. Still, it’s not attendance that matters, it’s revenue, but that’s another issue.

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Tweet by JessicaFastball

2014.02.10 – 10:20

Whatever you're going through right now probably won't last. It might, but you might get past it. Please be kind to yourself. — Jessica Jensen (@JessicaFastball) February 10, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1lX3lxl

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Tweet by ThomasSci

2014.02.10 – 08:01

"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing." ~Wernher von Braun — Thomas Scientific (@ThomasSci) February 10, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1mLAd7f

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Jonathan Haidt: “Why I think Sam Harris is wrong about morality”

2014.02.10 – 00:01

Jonathan Haidt: “Why I think Sam Harris is wrong about morality” ‘The philosopher David Wiggins distinguishes between “Non-anthropocentric” and “anthropocentric” facts… Facts of chemistry, physics, and other hard sciences are non-anthropocentric. Anthropocentric facts, in contrast, are only true given the kinds of creatures that we happen to be, due to the twists and turns of […]

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Tweet by stace_ofbase

2014.02.09 – 00:25

I'm a tid bit swede so go Sweden! — SJ (@stace_ofbase) February 9, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1f5UMY1

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Tweet by jakesundstrom

2014.02.09 – 00:25

I love Sweden’s hockey jerseys so much. — Jacob Sochistrom (@jakesundstrom) February 9, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1f5UMXT

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Tweet by RotoKoan

2014.02.08 – 19:55

@kenarneson @baseballpro I really enjoyed your essay, too. — Roto Koan (@RotoKoan) February 9, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1bI4iTA

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Tweet by baseballoakland

2014.02.08 – 19:55

@kenarneson @baseballpro Congrats, Ken! Great job. — Baseball Oakland (@baseballoakland) February 9, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1g64fAw

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Tweet by justarobert

2014.02.08 – 17:49

@kenarneson "My name is Ken, and I am an Oakland A's fan." "Hi, Ken." — Robert (@justarobert) February 9, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1d7i579

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Tweet by OldHossRadbourn

2014.02.07 – 17:41

@jonahkeri Hence the warding middle finger. — Old Hoss Radbourn (@OldHossRadbourn) February 8, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1d3YjsZ

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Tweet by MLBNetwork

2014.02.07 – 07:37

The @Athletics' @EricSogard has advanced to #FaceofMLB Round 2! #EricSogard http://ift.tt/1bwkq7c — MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) February 7, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1bwkq7e

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Tweet by MJ_Baumann

2014.02.06 – 13:55

@CrashburnAlley @Hegelbon It states: "The people who self-identify as anarchists would be first to die in an actual anarchist society." — Michael Baumann (@MJ_Baumann) February 6, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1d05sL5

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Tweet by teen_archer

2014.02.06 – 11:49

will SOMEONE please invite me on their TV show so my avatar can be me looking uncomfortable on a TV show — Ian Miller (@teen_archer) February 6, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1gQNgab

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Tweet by pmarca

2014.02.06 – 11:16

Every CEO needs a top-end General Counsel even if only to stay out of jail — and GC should always report directly to the CEO. — Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) February 6, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1cqXo41

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What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers

2014.02.06 – 09:55

What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers ‘We have established an area in human frontal cortex which does not seem to have an equivalent in the monkey at all,’ says first author Franz-Xaver Neubert of Oxford University. ‘This area has been identified with strategic planning and decision making as well […]

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Tweet by baseballoakland

2014.02.06 – 08:31

Yes, Wolff's people misspelled the headline with "Clarifiction" …a non-word that explains every Wolff quote: Partly fiction, partly clear — Baseball Oakland (@baseballoakland) February 6, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1g64fAw

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