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Review: Seth Lerer, Inventing English: A portable history of the language, 2007

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:10. April 2011
  • Post category:Linguistics/language
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It has been some time since I read this book but I got distracted about writing my review of it. Basically, I set out to learn something about the history…

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Ars Technica: “Cheaters believe they’re that good, even when they’re not”

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. March 2011
  • Post category:Psychology
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Very much reading reading. And of course, the original Dunning–Kruger paper is very much worth reading. It's time to adjust those self-assessments, is it not?

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Review: Dick Taverne – The March of Unreason

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. February 2011
  • Post category:Politics/Science
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317 pages. Can be found here. ETA: Apparently, that link got DMCA'd. Here is the book: The.March.of.Unreason.Science.Democracy.and.the.New.Fundamentalism I thought it was an interesting read. It is one long rant against…

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Excerpt from David M. Buss – Evoltuionary Psychology

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:6. December 2010
  • Post category:Evolutionary Psychology
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Some science about the inference about sexual interest in the other sex, showing that males infer it much more often than females. David M. Buss - Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

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TED: Eric Giler demos wireless electricity

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:12. January 2010
  • Post category:Science
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Two ideas for torrent clients

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. July 2009
  • Post category:Computer science
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Automatic addition of trackers With the probable closure of The Pirate Bay (TPB) in the near future the torrent scene will be more decentralized. Especially if the TPB tracker goes…

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