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• Bookmark Methods for Studying Coincidences

  With a large enough sample, any outrageous thing is likely to happen. The point is that truly rare events, say events that occur only once in a million [as the mathematician…

  May 21 2012, 10:44am | Comments

• Bookmark Digital archivists: technological custodians of human history

  As paper and dyes deteriorate, acetate degenerates, and the minute magnetic flux recorded in analog tape fades with the ages, how do we preserve cultural artifacts like photographs, music, and film?…

  May 21 2012, 10:38am | Comments

• Bookmark The Trouble with Scientism

  The conflict between the Naturwissenschaften and the Geisteswissenschaften goes back at least two centuries, and became intensified as ambitious, sometimes impatient researchers proposed to introduce natural scientific concepts and methods into…

  May 17 2012, 3:42am | Comments

• Bookmark The Arrow of Time (Debategraph)

  The debate about the nature of time and its passage is a long and venerable one. The issues addressed by pre-Socratic philosophers such as Heraclitus and Parmenides about whether time 'flows'…

  May 11 2012, 8:12am | Comments

• Bookmark At ROFLCon, watching memes go mainstream

  What is ROFLCon? It's a biennial convention (this year was its third) held to celebrate and discuss internet memes and the celebrity that is often created alongside them. This year's invited…

  May 8 2012, 2:17pm | Comments

• Vimeo

  May 8 2012, 2:09pm | Comments

• Bookmark Reflecting the Past: Technology brings the ghosts of the past back to…

  "We're trying to work out whether places have memories and if so, how can we help people relate to these memories," says Tim Cole, a lecturer in History at the University…

  May 4 2012, 4:47am | Comments

• Bookmark Inheriting The Hoard

  “I knew as a kid I’d have to take care of it. I had prepared myself for it – for this moment,” Greg M., 41, says rather stoically of the overwhelming…

  May 4 2012, 4:36am | Comments

• Bookmark Children of Hoarders on Leaving the Cluttered Nest

  In dealing with her mother’s home in Minneapolis, Ms. Sholl has spent much of her life alternating between feeling shame about its squalid condition and attempting to rid it of the…

  May 4 2012, 3:45am | Comments

• Bookmark Post-Digitalism and Contemporary Spanish Fiction

  Postdigital literature is not centered in code, but in addressing a reality shaped by a mix of coded/uncoded reality – German Sierra (german_sierra)

  April 30 2012, 10:48am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  When Will This Low-Innovation Internet Era End?

  April 29 2012, 2:07pm | Comments

• Twitter

  "All shattered writing has the form of a key... All other life ceases in the life put into words." - Edmond Jabes

  April 24 2012, 6:50am | Comments

• Tumblr revelation2220: Pictured is the Super-Kamiokande, a giant...

  April 23 2012, 7:25am | Comments

• Bookmark Harvard sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the origins of the arts

  RICH AND SEEMINGLY BOUNDLESS as the creative arts seem to be, each is filtered through the narrow biological channels of human cognition. Our sensory world, what we can learn unaided about…

  April 21 2012, 5:37am | Comments

• Bookmark Synthetic Genetic Polymers Capable of Heredity and Evolution

  Genetic information storage and processing rely on just two polymers, DNA and RNA, yet whether their role reflects evolutionary history or fundamental functional constraints is currently unknown. With the use of…

  April 20 2012, 12:31pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Is Chernobyl a Wild Kingdom or a Radioactive Den of Decay?

  April 20 2012, 7:36am | Comments

• Twitter

  "Seen as a substance in need of energy, the world lives in the inert terror of the random, it is shattered by chance."

  April 16 2012, 9:56am | Comments

• Vimeo

  April 14 2012, 6:01pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Tumblr ❤ GIFs

  April 14 2012, 8:37am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Just how big are porn sites?

  April 10 2012, 8:06am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Buying the Body of Christ

  April 8 2012, 1:06am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  The Mastery of Non-Mastery

  April 8 2012, 1:06am | Comments

• YouTube

  April 7 2012, 10:11am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Bespoke pets: Just press “print” | The Economist

  April 5 2012, 3:02am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  The Making of The Rings of Saturn

  April 5 2012, 3:02am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Next What?

  April 4 2012, 1:42am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Should we clone Neanderthals?

  April 4 2012, 1:42am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Daphne Koller: when machines are almost human

  April 4 2012, 1:42am | Comments

• Bookmark The Image in Mind: Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination

  Written jointly by philosopher of religion Charles Taliaferro and visual artist Jil Evans, The Image in Mind takes up a suggestion of Suzanne Langer that religious thought operates primarily with images…

  April 2 2012, 2:34pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Atheists as "Other": Moral Boundaries and Cultural Membership - http://t.co/ePMMKhgW #PDF via @3qd

  March 30 2012, 7:00am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Art in the Era of the Internet (and Why Open Education Matters)

  March 29 2012, 1:35am | Comments

• Vimeo

  March 28 2012, 7:38am | Comments

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• Bookmark Methods for Studying Coincidences

  With a large enough sample, any outrageous thing is likely to happen. The point is that truly rare events, say events that occur only once in a million [as the mathematician…

  May 21 2012, 10:44am | Comments

• Bookmark Digital archivists: technological custodians of human history

  As paper and dyes deteriorate, acetate degenerates, and the minute magnetic flux recorded in analog tape fades with the ages, how do we preserve cultural artifacts like photographs, music, and film?…

  May 21 2012, 10:38am | Comments

• Bookmark The Trouble with Scientism

  The conflict between the Naturwissenschaften and the Geisteswissenschaften goes back at least two centuries, and became intensified as ambitious, sometimes impatient researchers proposed to introduce natural scientific concepts and methods into…

  May 17 2012, 3:42am | Comments

• Bookmark The Arrow of Time (Debategraph)

  The debate about the nature of time and its passage is a long and venerable one. The issues addressed by pre-Socratic philosophers such as Heraclitus and Parmenides about whether time 'flows'…

  May 11 2012, 8:12am | Comments

• Bookmark At ROFLCon, watching memes go mainstream

  What is ROFLCon? It's a biennial convention (this year was its third) held to celebrate and discuss internet memes and the celebrity that is often created alongside them. This year's invited…

  May 8 2012, 2:17pm | Comments

• Vimeo

  May 8 2012, 2:09pm | Comments

• Bookmark Reflecting the Past: Technology brings the ghosts of the past back to…

  "We're trying to work out whether places have memories and if so, how can we help people relate to these memories," says Tim Cole, a lecturer in History at the University…

  May 4 2012, 4:47am | Comments

• Bookmark Inheriting The Hoard

  “I knew as a kid I’d have to take care of it. I had prepared myself for it – for this moment,” Greg M., 41, says rather stoically of the overwhelming…

  May 4 2012, 4:36am | Comments

• Bookmark Children of Hoarders on Leaving the Cluttered Nest

  In dealing with her mother’s home in Minneapolis, Ms. Sholl has spent much of her life alternating between feeling shame about its squalid condition and attempting to rid it of the…

  May 4 2012, 3:45am | Comments

• Bookmark Post-Digitalism and Contemporary Spanish Fiction

  Postdigital literature is not centered in code, but in addressing a reality shaped by a mix of coded/uncoded reality – German Sierra (german_sierra)

  April 30 2012, 10:48am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  When Will This Low-Innovation Internet Era End?

  April 29 2012, 2:07pm | Comments

• Twitter

  "All shattered writing has the form of a key... All other life ceases in the life put into words." - Edmond Jabes

  April 24 2012, 6:50am | Comments

• Tumblr revelation2220: Pictured is the Super-Kamiokande, a giant...

  April 23 2012, 7:25am | Comments

• Bookmark Harvard sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the origins of the arts

  RICH AND SEEMINGLY BOUNDLESS as the creative arts seem to be, each is filtered through the narrow biological channels of human cognition. Our sensory world, what we can learn unaided about…

  April 21 2012, 5:37am | Comments

• Bookmark Synthetic Genetic Polymers Capable of Heredity and Evolution

  Genetic information storage and processing rely on just two polymers, DNA and RNA, yet whether their role reflects evolutionary history or fundamental functional constraints is currently unknown. With the use of…

  April 20 2012, 12:31pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Is Chernobyl a Wild Kingdom or a Radioactive Den of Decay?

  April 20 2012, 7:36am | Comments

• Twitter

  "Seen as a substance in need of energy, the world lives in the inert terror of the random, it is shattered by chance."

  April 16 2012, 9:56am | Comments

• Vimeo

  April 14 2012, 6:01pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Tumblr ❤ GIFs

  April 14 2012, 8:37am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Just how big are porn sites?

  April 10 2012, 8:06am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Buying the Body of Christ

  April 8 2012, 1:06am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  The Mastery of Non-Mastery

  April 8 2012, 1:06am | Comments

• YouTube

  April 7 2012, 10:11am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Bespoke pets: Just press “print” | The Economist

  April 5 2012, 3:02am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  The Making of The Rings of Saturn

  April 5 2012, 3:02am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Next What?

  April 4 2012, 1:42am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Should we clone Neanderthals?

  April 4 2012, 1:42am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Daphne Koller: when machines are almost human

  April 4 2012, 1:42am | Comments

• Bookmark The Image in Mind: Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination

  Written jointly by philosopher of religion Charles Taliaferro and visual artist Jil Evans, The Image in Mind takes up a suggestion of Suzanne Langer that religious thought operates primarily with images…

  April 2 2012, 2:34pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Atheists as "Other": Moral Boundaries and Cultural Membership - http://t.co/ePMMKhgW #PDF via @3qd

  March 30 2012, 7:00am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Art in the Era of the Internet (and Why Open Education Matters)

  March 29 2012, 1:35am | Comments

• Vimeo

  March 28 2012, 7:38am | Comments

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