February 2012
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lookslikescience:
I am doing my PhD in Systems Neurobiology, I also write a science outreach blog both in English and Spanish. It is called TheStarvingNeuron
For Mariana :)
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lookslikescience:
Adam Johnston: Physics / Science Education
Other interests: backpacking, running, beer brewing, piano
physics.weber.edu/johnston
Awesome.
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“I have noticed one overarching theme among smart people: they ask questions....”
– Tommy MacWilliam (via maxistentialist)
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Good.
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Listen
Maxistentialism: New study suggests cognitive... →
maxistentialist:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln:
From cable TV news pundits to red-meat speeches in Iowa and New Hampshire, our nation’s deep political stereotypes are on full display: Conservatives paint self-indulgent liberals as insufferably absent on urgent national issues, while liberals say…
Tyranny of the majority →
crookedindifference:
The phrase tyranny of the majority (also: tyranny of the masses), used in discussing systems of democracy and majority rule, is a criticism of the scenario in which decisions made by a majority under that system would place that majority’s interests so far above a dissenting individual’s interest that the individual would be actively oppressed, just like the oppression by...
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Fixing “Previous Track” →
marco:
Why are we still using the annoying CD-player behavior of this button?
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I wish Youtube videos had a "watch later" button
Similar to Marco’s Instapaper. I get a ton of videos I forget about, but if I were sitting on a train somewhere…