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I Just Wanna Give.
Tue Jul 1, 2008 6:46 PM EDT
Today, I realized something. Something I've known for a good while but today I finally realized it: I just want to give.
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Laws of Nature, Source Unknown
Seeded on Tue Apr 8, 2008 6:31 PM EDT (The New York Times)
"Gravity," goes the slogan on posters and bumper stickers. "It isn't just a good idea. It's the law." And what a law. Unlike, say, traffic or drug laws, you don't have a choice about obeying gravity or any of the other laws of physics.
A Conspiracy of Chickens
Seeded on Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:16 PM EDT (home.att.net)
There is more to this chicken than you think. BEWARE THE CHICKEN!
Why do people go to church? To worship? No. To derive pleasure from the confirmation of their beliefs.
Seeded on Sat Feb 2, 2008 3:33 AM EST (goerie.com)
The study indicates that when exposed to new information, we filter it through our emotional brain systems, ending in our pleasure center. The area of our brain responsible for reasoning is virtually dormant.
Stop debating creationists. It will only give them the illusion of legitimacy.
Seeded on Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:23 AM EST (richarddawkins.net)
The point is not, he said, whether or not you would 'win' the debate. Winning is not what the creationists realistically aspire to. For them, it is sufficient that the debate happens at all. They need the publicity. We don't.
The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle over Church and State
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 1:40 PM EST (uuworld.org)
Thomas Jefferson is best remembered for seven words, the unalienable rights he enumerated as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.
On Robot Companions: Can reliance on technology make us vulnerable?
Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:54 PM EDT (eugeneweekly.com)
Technology, such as cell phones and the Internet, has created unprecedented efficiency by keeping people accessible to their friends and colleagues at all times.
Watch Your Language: What our words reveal about our minds, but not about the world
Seeded on Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:23 PM EDT (Slate)
Under Chomsky's sway for four decades, most of linguistics and related sciences focused on the structure and rules of language, at the expense of meaning.
Debating the morality behind software development
Seeded on Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:45 PM EDT (CNET News.com)
In the long history of software development--let's loosely mark the starting point around the time of the ENIAC--code writers have dealt with a myriad of technical and business challenges.
Practical Philosophy - Avoiding Pseudointellectuality
Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:18 PM EDT (progressiveu.org)
So, who are these people who give philosophy (and even intellectuality) a bad name? You can probably guess from the title: pseudointellectuals.
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