Interesting paper on The Swedish Model with regards to prostitution
I recently discovered an awesome blog about prostitution. It is run by a former prostitute, or “retired call girl” as she calls herself. The blog is called The Honest Courtesan…
Zygote/embryo selection eugenics is nearing
http://infoproc.blogspot.dk/2012/07/whole-genome-sequence-from-10-to-20.html “This new Nature paper describes a genotyping technique that can be performed using only a small number of human cells. One implication is that we are close to non-destructive…
Two reports about drug legislation that i read
I have been engaged in drug reform policy for some time. This means following whatever latest science is published, or at least trying to. Ofc, since i dont have time…
Wiki quotes 01-07-2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Cognitive_and_mnemonic_abilities Cognitive and mnemonic abilities Von Neumann's ability to instantaneously perform complex operations in his head stunned other mathematicians.[67] Eugene Wigner wrote that, seeing von Neumann's mind at work, "one…
Video: how do microwaves work?
Someone mentioned this on /sci/. It is a pretty nice explanation.
More fines to TPB people
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-fined-for-continued-involvement-in-the-site-120627/ Two reasons to post this: “I don’t mind civil cases,” he told us. “I don’t live in Sweden, and it’s not like an extra $71,000 would hurt the $10,606,000…
So.. i stumbled upen some random feminist study… and decided to take a closer look
Media coverage of study: http://www.b.dk/viden/muskuloese-maend-er-mere-sexistiske (danish) http://videnskab.dk/kort-nyt/muskulose-maend-er-mere-sexistiske (danish) http://www.livescience.com/21172-men-sexist-attitudes-muscles.html First, ill whine about the media. Was sort of difficult to find the actual study. None of them linked…
Some random things that i read recently+thoughts
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-brazil-prisonreadingl2e8hp75l-20120625,0,7694158.story This is an interesting idea. - http://news.yahoo.com/math-anxiety-school-scientists-too-190128180--abc-news-tech.html http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/06/22/1205259109 Not surprised. Surely, there is a similar aversion among filosofy students at my university to logic, since its the formal near-equivalent…
Some Satoshi Kanazawa articles + thoughts
I had all these open in my tabs, and decided to share them. I also note that apparently Satoshi Kanazawa was fired from writing at Psychology Today. Reading the…
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