Recently, i bought som books from Amazon and got them scanned via 1dollarscan.com. I very much recommend them.
I then OCR’d them, and compressed them with help from ABBYY FineReader (torrent).
Here they ar:
The g factor, the science of mental ability – Arthur R. Jensen
How to Start Your Own Country – Erwin S. Strauss
The One World Schoolhouse – Salman Khan
free pdf ebook download
Steven Pinker – The Blank Slate The Modern Denial of Human Nature free ebook download pdf
i read this som time ago, but didnt put it on my site. here it is. its a great read. Gene Expression considers it a must read. at least, the old layout of the site did.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1761333
Fatherhood by Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination and the Duty of Child Support
Abstract:
Nathaniel was a California teenager who became a father in 1995. The mother of Nathaniel’s child was named Ricci, and at the time of conception, she was thirty-four years old. Nathaniel, however, was merely fifteen. Although Nathaniel admitted to having sex with Ricci voluntarily about five times, the fact that he was under sixteen years of age at the time made it legally impossible for him to consent to sexual intercourse. In other words, under California law, Nathaniel was not only a new father, but was also a victim of statutory rape. Nonetheless, in a subsequent action for child support, the court held that Nathaniel was liable for the support of the child who was born as a result of his rape. According to the court, “Victims have rights. Here, the victim also has responsibilities.”
Much of the law relating to child support is based on the fact that it is typically in a child’s best interest to receive financial support from mothers as well as fathers. So strong is this precept that courts will hold a father liable for child support even in the face of wrongful conduct by the mother. Thus, child support is essentially a form of strict liability with the justification being that the child is an innocent party, and, therefore, it is the child’s interests and welfare that the court must look to in adjudicating support. At first glance, such a standard seems eminently reasonable. Few would argue with the proposition that, if a man voluntarily has sex with a woman and a child results, then he should be liable for child support. The problem with the court’s current approach, however, is that the standard is so strict that even those men who never consented to the sexual act that caused the pregnancy are nonetheless liable for the support of the resulting child. These men include males who became fathers as a result of statutory rape and also adult males who became fathers either as a result of sexual assault or having their sperm stolen and used by a woman for purposes of self-insemination. In all such cases, these “fathers” have been held liable for child support.
The purpose then of this article is, first, to underscore the criticisms that other commentators have raised on how the strict liability approach poses a grave injustice not only to the men who are pressed into the obligations of fatherhood but also to society, which has an interest in protecting all citizens from sexual assault. More importantly, however, I also offer a new objection and, on that basis, a proposed solution. Specifically, the courts’ justification that all children are entitled to support from both biological parents has been seriously undermined by the laws regulating artificial insemination. In that context, a man (regardless of whether he is the sperm donor or the non-donor husband of the inseminated female) only becomes the legal father of an artificially inseminated child if he affirmatively consents. I argue that it is incongruous to allow exceptions for formal sperm donors yet wholesale deny similar protections for those who, although not in the setting of a sperm bank, never consented to the use of their sperm. Accordingly, I propose a solution whereby courts adopt an approach similar (albeit narrower) to that used in artificial insemination cases to adjudicate child support claims against those men who were forced into fatherhood as a result of nonconsensual insemination.
O_o
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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/02/sewage-mozart-germany
Anton Stucki, Swiss-born chief operator of the sewage centre in Treuenbrietzen, an hour south-west of Berlin, believes the chords and cadences of the compositions speed up the way the organisms work and lead to a quicker breakdown of biomass.
“We think the secret is in the vibrations of the music, which penetrate everything – including the water, the sewage and the cells. It creates a certain resonance that stimulates the microbes and helps them to work better. We’re still in the test phase, but I’ve already noticed that the sewage breakdown is more efficient,” he said.
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“But my theory as to why it works is that Mozart managed to transpose universal laws of nature into his music. It has an effect on people of every age and every cultural background. So why not on microbes? After all, they’re living organisms just like us.”
The plant expects savings of as much as €1,000 a month. It has welcomed requests from any scientists who wish to follow the process.
the article doesnt even have criticism of this and how it wont work… i checked the author. she is apparently a foreign correspondant – iow, not relevant.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%27s_Law
the most useless law ever?
Jennifer’s Law is a law in the state of Texas, in the United States that permits school districts to award posthumous diplomas to students who die during their senior year of high school.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole
never heard of this (didnt read the novel) – found via this: thunderf00tdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/the-comments-pz-myers-doesnt-want-you-to-see/
i was curious about the whole bsnss after having watched c. video appeal to PZ Myers. apparently PZM is a moron. www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wmMXiqbD9Dc
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“I also think there are prices too high to pay to save the United States. Conscription is one of them. Conscription is slavery, and I don’t think that any people or nation has a right to save itself at the price of slavery for anyone, no matter what name it is called. We have had the draft for twenty years now; I think this is shameful. If a country can’t save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain!” – Robert A. Heinlein, Guest of Honor Speech at the 29th World Science Fiction Convention, Seattle, WA (1961)
source
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Initiative 502: Legalizing marijuana (via LEAP on Facebook)
www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/oct/20/initiative-502-legalizing-marijuana/
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www.techdirt.com/articles/20121008/14334820644/study-viewing-cat-videos-work-can-make-you-more-productive.shtml
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0046362
Abstract
Kawaii (a Japanese word meaning “cute”) things are popular because they produce positive feelings. However, their effect on behavior remains unclear. In this study, three experiments were conducted to examine the effects of viewing cute images on subsequent task performance. In the first experiment, university students performed a fine motor dexterity task before and after viewing images of baby or adult animals. Performance indexed by the number of successful trials increased after viewing cute images (puppies and kittens; M ± SE = 43.9±10.3% improvement) more than after viewing images that were less cute (dogs and cats; 11.9±5.5% improvement). In the second experiment, this finding was replicated by using a non-motor visual search task. Performance improved more after viewing cute images (15.7±2.2% improvement) than after viewing less cute images (1.4±2.1% improvement). Viewing images of pleasant foods was ineffective in improving performance (1.2±2.1%). In the third experiment, participants performed a global–local letter task after viewing images of baby animals, adult animals, and neutral objects. In general, global features were processed faster than local features. However, this global precedence effect was reduced after viewing cute images. Results show that participants performed tasks requiring focused attention more carefully after viewing cute images. This is interpreted as the result of a narrowed attentional focus induced by the cuteness-triggered positive emotion that is associated with approach motivation and the tendency toward systematic processing. For future applications, cute objects may be used as an emotion elicitor to induce careful behavioral tendencies in specific situations, such as driving and office work.
in other words, translated by TD: I love academic speak trying to basically say “seeing cute animals makes you happy, and helps you focus” and turning it into: “a narrowed attentional focus induced by the cuteness-triggered positive emotion that is associated with approach motivation and the tendency toward systematic processing.” Either way, while the study really only focused on “cute” images, it didn’t take long for people to (perhaps reasonably) extrapolate the findings to cat videos as well.
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Sad: 75 Year Old Explanation For Why Copyrights Are Bad… Locked Up Behind Paywall
www.techdirt.com/articles/20121016/17553220724/sad-75-year-old-explanation-why-copyrights-are-bad-locked-up-behind-paywall.shtml
While I’ve seen a number of historical arguments along those lines (Fritz Machlup’s economic review of the patent system comes to mind), I had not heard of Plant’s two articles. So I went in search of them… and discovered that they’re locked up behind a paywall. Plant’s key paper, entitled “The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions” can be found on JSTOR, where they want… $43 for the 21 page article. Yes, it’s more than $2 per page. For a 78 (almost 79) year old document. Then there’s his other key article, “The Economic Aspects of Copyright in Books.” It, too, can be found on JSTOR for $43, though this one is 28 pages, so you get a per-page price of slightly under $2 this time… which still seems crazy.
It’s not just ridiculous that these two publications, both published in 1934, are not in the public domain — considering they argue that such locking up of information and ideas is bad for society, it’s particularly ironic that they are so hard to get and and that JSTOR charges such ridiculous fees for them. Though, I guess if you want to keep such prices high so you can act as a gatekeeper, what better way than to effectively hide these works by pricing them out of the market?
i hav access to those papers thru my university – here they are:
The Economic Aspects of Copyright in Books
The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions
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Dyson on philosophy and the gravitational free lunch
infoproc.blogspot.dk/2012/10/dyson-on-philosophy-and-free-lunch.html
See also my comment there:
I agree with the conclusion “Philosophers became insignificant when philosophy became a separate
academic discipline, distinct from science and history and literature
and religion.”. Many people don’t like this conclusion. I think of it as obvious. Philosophers who do not concern themselves with modern information about reality are not particularly interesting.
I think the most interesting areas for modern philosophy are:
First, the area of meta-science – making breakthroughs with things like how to do good systematic reviews, how to set up good peer review systems, designing proper laws for the information society.
Second, the claiming of new ground – the establishing of new scientific fields of study. Working together with scientists to push the limits of human knowledge. Combining their broad knowledge of many fields of science to combine into new fields.
Third, research into rationality, especially instrumental rationality. Working together with logicians, AI designers and psychologists to squeeze the most out of the human brain. And how to improve our cognitive abilities through whatever means we can find.
Fourth, as policy makers, polymaths or science generalists who have a very broad knowledge of many scientific fields and can thus make good decisions about which way to take society. Politicians as they are now are notoriously bad at this.
Personally, I’m trying to get myself into the position of especially #4 above. I’m a board member of the Danish Pirate Party, and I’m pushing for evidence-based policies having to do with whatever. I studied philosophy for two years at university, and thought it was a waste of time. So instead of following classes, I started reading up on a host of other things.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox (via econstudentlog)
“The domesticated silver fox (marketed as the Siberian fox) is a domesticated form of the silver morph of the red fox. As a result of selective breeding, the new foxes became tamer and more dog-like.
The result of over 50 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia, the breeding project was set up in 1959[1] by Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev. It continues today at The Institute of Cytology and Genetics at Novosibirsk, under the supervision of Lyudmila Trut. [...]
Belyaev believed that the key factor selected for in the domestication of dogs was not size or reproduction, but behavior; specifically, amenability to domestication, or tameability. He selected for low flight distance, that is, the distance one can approach the animal before it runs away. Selecting this behavior mimics the natural selection that must have occurred in the ancestral past of dogs. More than any other quality, Belyaev believed, tameability must have determined how well an animal would adapt to life among humans. Since behavior is rooted in biology, selecting for tameness and against aggression means selecting for physiological changes in the systems that govern the body’s hormones and neurochemicals. Belyaev decided to test his theory by domesticating foxes; in particular, the silver fox, a dark color form of the red fox. He placed a population of them in the same process of domestication, and he decided to submit this population to strong selection pressure for inherent tameness.[3]
The result is that Russian scientists now have a number of domesticated foxes that are fundamentally different in temperament and behavior from their wild forebears. Some important changes in physiology and morphology are now visible, such as mottled or spotted colored fur. Many scientists believe that these changes related to selection for tameness are caused by lower adrenaline production in the new breed, causing physiological changes in very few generations and thus yielding genetic combinations not present in the original species. This indicates that selection for tameness (i.e. low flight distance) produces changes that are also influential on the emergence of other “dog-like” traits, such as raised tail and coming into heat every six months rather than annually.”
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for many news related to prostitution (an interesting area!), neofeminism, blank slatism and the like, see Maggie McNeil’s blog which has weekly link collections and updates:
maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/that-was-the-week-that-was-42/
maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/links-120/
random example: www.metro.co.uk/news/915286-police-use-taser-on-blind-man-whose-stick-was-mistaken-for-samurai-sword
Police use Taser on blind man whose stick was mistaken for samurai sword
Police in Lancashire have apologised to a blind stroke victim after he was hit by a Taser when his white stick was mistaken for a samurai sword.
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beyond insane
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513898000452
Abstract
We recruited two groups of women who differed in their number of lifetime sex partners in order to investigate several hypotheses related to female sociosexuality. Specifically, we explored whether women who engage in casual sex have low mate value, are especially likely to have come from stressful family environments, or are masculine in other respects besides their interest in casual sex. Women with many partners were not lower than other women on direct or indirect indicators of mate value. Nor were they more likely to recall adverse family environments during childhood. On several measures related to masculinity, women with many sex partners were elevated compared with other women.
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Comparing the Lifestyles of Homosexual Couples to Married Couples
Yes, bad source, but its more a collection of other sources. Its a xtian org. that tries to convince ppl of the dangers of homosexuality. I was just looking for some numbers on the average number of partners by sexual orentiation.
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online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443768804578034331419449540.html
The Folly of Appeasement
appeasing muslims will never work – offense is in the eye of the offended.
muslims want to be offended. sucks to be them.
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289612001018
Abstract
The current study tests if the type of children’s daily main meal (slow versus fast food) mediates the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with cognitive ability and cognitive growth in childhood. A Scottish birth cohort (Growing Up in Scotland) was assessed at ages 3 (N = 4512) and 5 years (N = 3833) on cognitive ability (i.e. vocabulary and picture similarities), SES, and the frequency of having slow and fast food main meals per week. SES was highly correlated at ages 3 and 5 years, while intelligence and the type of meal were only moderately associated across ages. SES at age 3 was positively related to ability at age 3 but not at age 5. The type of meals partially mediated the effects of SES on cognitive ability at ages 3 and 5, with more slow meals being associated with better cognitive performance. Furthermore, a higher frequency of slow food meals were positively related to cognitive growth between ages 3 and 5 years, after adjusting for SES and prior cognitive ability; however, they only accounted for a negligible amount of the variance in cognitive change. Overall, slow food was associated with better cognitive ability and cognitive growth in childhood, albeit corresponding effect sizes were small.
I read the paper. Maybe. Its a pretty small effect. I dont like the lack of control of parent IQ.
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Testing the Affiliation Hypothesis of Homoerotic Motivation in Humans: The Effects of
Progesterone and Priming
The frequency of homoerotic behavior among individuals who do not identify as having
an exclusively homosexual sexual orientation suggests that such behavior potentially
has adaptive value. Among both male and female nonhuman primates, affiliation,
broadly defined, is one of the main drivers of homoerotic behavior. Correspondingly, in
humans, both across cultures and across historical periods, homoerotic behavior
appears to play a role in promoting social bonds. However, to date, the affiliation
explanation of human homoerotic behavior has not been adequately tested
experimentally. Here, we first develop a measure of homoerotic motivation. Next, we
find that, in women, homoerotic motivation is positively associated with progesterone, a
hormone that has been shown to promote affiliative bonding. Lastly, we explore the
effects of affiliative contexts on homoerotic motivation in men, finding that men in an
affiliative priming condition are more likely to endorse engaging in homoerotic behavior
compared to those primed with neutral or sexual concepts, and this effect is
pronounced in men with high progesterone. These findings constitute the first
experimental support for the affiliation account of the evolution of homoerotic
motivation in humans.
related to my proposed theory of the origin of homosexuality. found it via the Evolutionary Psychology group on facebook.
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www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=wronger-than-wrong
I was reading about the frase “not even wrong”. I didnt know that Shermer was a race cognitive difference denier, and also apparently a denier of a g factor ability difference between the sexes. Its kinda dumb to use such examples to suggest how science got it wrong in the past, especially if one is a historian of science and self-described skeptic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wronger_than_wrong
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infoproc.blogspot.dk/2012/10/my-controversial-views.html
“”Whether we like it or not, the future of humanity is in our hands now. Rather than fearing genetics, we should embrace it. We can do better than chance.” “
Amen to that. It is just irresponsible not to do so.
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There certainly are a lot of eugenicists and heraditarians among my favorite authors. I also feel compelled to mention that Philippe Rushton passed away very recently. But Richard Lynn seems to be going strong still. Art Jensen is also alive. Certainly the heraditarians are not going to go away. Well, there will be some change in the ranks, surely, but the position will become increasingly more popular as the evidence becomes even more obvious than it already is.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Philippe_Rushton
Here is a much more mainstream eugenicist speech, at a TED conference. Apparently, the rule is just that one doesnt mention the word, then everything is fine.
www.ted.com/talks/harvey_fineberg_are_we_ready_for_neo_evolution.html
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Apparently a sample of a standard retarded leftist treatment of Rushton:
www.salon.com/2012/10/06/leading_race_scientist_dies_in_canada/singleton/
It hurts to read.
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www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/love-sex/marriage/i-do-as-long-as-you-don-t-play-the-piano-1.1397489
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“A calorie is a calorie” violates the second law of thermodynamics
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www.nutritionj.com/content/3/1/9
Abstract:
The principle of “a calorie is a calorie,” that weight change in hypocaloric diets is independent of macronutrient composition, is widely held in the popular and technical literature, and is frequently justified by appeal to the laws of thermodynamics. We review here some aspects of thermodynamics that bear on weight loss and the effect of macronutrient composition. The focus is the so-called metabolic advantage in low-carbohydrate diets – greater weight loss compared to isocaloric diets of different composition. Two laws of thermodynamics are relevant to the systems considered in nutrition and, whereas the first law is a conservation (of energy) law, the second is a dissipation law: something (negative entropy) is lost and therefore balance is not to be expected in diet interventions. Here, we propose that a misunderstanding of the second law accounts for the controversy about the role of macronutrient effect on weight loss and we review some aspects of elementary thermodynamics. We use data in the literature to show that thermogenesis is sufficient to predict metabolic advantage. Whereas homeostasis ensures balance under many conditions, as a general principle, “a calorie is a calorie” violates the second law of thermodynamics.
interesting.
To those that didnt notice. I started writing an esperanto blog, here.
blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/07/comments-on-internet-publications-what-to-do/
Pretty interesting. My aims are the same. Perhaps i shud just disable comments, as 99% of comments sent to moderation are spam comments.
An RSS feed is a clever way to keep up to date with a source of information. Basically, an RSS feed is an automatic system of keeping up to date with a source of information. Sites that have RSS feeds automatically update these when the publish a new article/post. The information in the feed is standardized so that it can easily be read. RSS feeds is the fastest way to follow the headlines.
The reader i use is just Firefox, which has native support for RSS feeds. The screenshot below is a picture of me viewing a newspaper’s feed in Firefox.
Below i will list all the feeds that i currently follow. The list is slowly growing. I will also put a small explanation of the website in question. Naturally, i don’t read all the news on all of these. I look closer at the headlines that sound interesting.
I keep up to date with a bunch of danish newspapers. I shud probably add a few more. Especially local newspapers are currently missing.
Politiken politiken.dk/rss/senestenyt.rss
Popular danish newspaper. Used to be thought of as being centric/social-liberal. General purpose.
Danmarks Radio www.dr.dk/nyheder/service/feeds/allenyheder
Public service news source. General purpose.
rss.tv2.dk/rss/show/site/nyhederne.tv2.dk/feed/TV%202%20Nyhederne/index.xml
Similar to Danmarks Radio, except that it is privately owned (AFAIK).
Jyllands Posten jp.dk/rss/topnyheder.jsp
Newspaper. Usually thought of as being a bit on the right side of the political spectrum. General purpose.
Berlingske www.b.dk/seneste/rss
Similar to the above.
Ingeniøren ing.dk/rss/nyheder
Newspaper targeted at engineers and science-interested people.
Newspaper targeted at left-leaning academics (most of them).
Tabloid-ish newspaper targeted at worker-class males.
ekstrabladet.dk/rss2/?mode=normal
Same as above.
Meta-newspaper targeted at liberal (european sense) people. Often just links to other newspapers or sources of information along with short commentaries. But also sometimes publishes essays. A very active comment section.
Anne Sophia Hermansen’s blog annesophia.blogs.berlingske.dk/feed/
A female blogger interested in gender politics. Right-leaning.
TorrentFreak feed.torrentfreak.com/Torrentfreak/ – feed2: feeds.feedburner.com/TorrentfreakBits?format=xml
News, comments to news and essays about things related to copyright, patent, file-sharing and related politics.
Techdirt feeds.feedburner.com/techdirt/feed
Similar to the above, but has a more broad focus. Is more often updated.
Falkvinge.net (&co) feeds.falkvinge.net/Falkvinge-on-Infopolicy?format=xml
Similar to the two above, but is run by members of pirate parties. Is more evengelical.
Ars Technica feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index?format=xml
General purpose tech and science news.
Wired feeds.wired.com/wired/index?format=xml
Similar to the above, but with less science and more tech news.
Newz.dk feeds.newzmedia.dk/c/32893/f/582669/index.rss
Danish tech news site. Has a lively comment section.
Railgun.dk feeds.newzmedia.dk/c/32893/f/582683/index.rss
Sister-site to newz.dk. Focuses on news related to gaming.
Guildwars 2 blog www.guildwars2.com/en/rss.xml
Blog related to the development of the upcoming game, Guild Wars 2.
Arena.net www.arena.net/blog/feed
Related to the above. Blog of the company that made Guild Wars 1 and is currently developing Guild Wars 2.
Information Processing infoproc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Blog of a professor of fysics who often comments on other things. Usually psychology and behavioral genetics.
Evolutionary Psychology journal feeds.feedburner.com/EvolutionaryPsychology?format=xml
Feed with papers published in the journal. Open access.
Evolutionary Psychology » Blog feeds.feedburner.com/EvolutionaryPsychologyBlog?format=xml
Blog associated with the above.
Gene Expression feeds.feedburner.com/GeneExpressionBlog
Science blog about psychology, behavior genetics, population genetics, genetics, politics, history, atheism.
Pharyngula feeds.feedburner.com/freethoughtblogs/pharyngula?format=xml
Similar to the above, but less serious.
Misanthrope Girl blog www.misanthropegirl.me.uk/feed/
Blog of a british girl/woman who is misanthropic.
(Blog&~Blog) blogandnot-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Filosofy blog. Mostly about logic and filosofy of logic. Seems to be dead now.
Measure of Doubt measureofdoubt.com/feed/
Blog related to rationality, science, filosofy. Run by a bother and sister pair.
Econstudentlog econstudentlog.wordpress.com/feed/
Blog run by a friend of mine. Is generally about science in a generalist fashion. Has lots of good links.
Non Compos Mentis non-compos-mentis.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Another blog by a friend of mine. Apparently mostly consists of fiction. I haven’t looked closer yet.
Half Sigma www.halfsigma.com/atom.xml
Blog related to being contrarian, american politics. Not quite sure.
Clear Language, Clear Mind emilkirkegaard.dk/en/?feed=rss2
The blog ur reading. :)
Klart Sprog, Klart Sind emilkirkegaard.dk/da/?feed=rss2
Sister-blog to this blog. Mostly about the same things except in danish. More focus on danish news.
Science oriented webcomic.
chaospet chaospet.com/feed/
Filosofy oriented webcomic.
Mimi and Eunice feeds.feedburner.com/MimiAndEunice?format=xml
Copyright related webcomic.
RokokoPosten feeds.feedburner.com/Rokokoposten?format=xml
A danish counterpart to Onion News. A satire newspaper.
Cyanide and Happiness feeds.feedburner.com/Explosm
Webcomic for depressive, cynical people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duolingo
“Duolingo is a free language-learning website and crowdsourced text translation platform. The service is designed so that as users progress through the lessons, they simultaneously help to translate websites and other documents.[1][2] As of May 2012, the site offers Spanish, French and German courses for English speakers, as well as English for Spanish speakers. They plan to add Italian, Portuguese, and Chinese.[3] Duolingo started its private beta on 30 November 2011, and has accumulated a waiting list of more than 300,000 users.[4] Duolingo’s highly anticipated launch is scheduled for June 19, 2012.[5]”
I have beta, does anyone want invites? Can currently learn spanish, german, french. :) Just send me ur email.
Also mentioned in this video.
(got the idea from this guy)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formicophilia
Formicophilia, a form of zoophilia, is the sexual interest in being crawled upon or nibbled by small insects, such as ants.[1][2] This paraphilia often involves the application of insects to the genitals, but other areas of the body may also be the focus. The desired effect may be a tickling or stinging sensation, or the infliction of psychological distress on another person.[3]
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Frequency.2C_age.2C_and_sex
Popular belief asserts that individuals of either sex who are not in sexually active relationships tend to masturbate more frequently than those who are; however, much of the time this is not true as masturbation alone or with a partner is often a feature of a relationship. Contrary to conventional wisdom, several studies actually reveal a positive correlation between the frequency of masturbation and the frequency of intercourse. A study has reported a significantly higher rate of masturbation in gay men and women who were in a relationship.[29][32][33][34]
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_drive
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_circumcision
If this is not one of the most if not the most disgusting things that u have read about, something is wrong with u. Actually, some of it is so bad that i can’t bring myself to quote it. It fysically hurts me to read this stuff.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unexpected_death_syndrome
Which was used in a recent House episode (s08e17 but the Wiki article hasn’t been created yet). Generally, one can learn alot from watching House and reading the Wiki articles (example of one i really liked). This kind of learning is called tangential learning.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_money
Contrary to popular conception, there is no evidence of a society or economy that relied primarily on barter.[1] Instead, non-monetary societies operated largely along the principles of gift economics[1] and debt.[2][3] When barter did in fact occur, it was usually between either complete strangers or would-be enemies.[4]
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles
I had found this article before but thought that someone had deleted it. Apparently not! It contains lots of hilarious stuff, example.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbivore_men
Very interesting fenomenon. If this is caused by increased female independence, then the same thing shud happen in DK (+scandinavia). Females are already a net loss for the economy (work less, get paid less, spend more time being sick, receive more money from the state, …), and males a slight net benefit. However, if more males decide that working ain’t worth it. Generally, males worked to attract high quality mates. If this doesn’t work becus of female independence. Then, why work? But then, if males start working less, they will stop making society run and the wellfare state will collapse. Interestingly, this makes males attractive again if they start working. Going full circle?
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