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• Wikipedia Sokal Affair - Wikipedia The Sokal Affair was a hoax by physicist Alan Sokal perpetrated on the editorial staff and readership of the postmodern cultural studies journal Social Text

  February 3 2008, 2:32pm | Comments

• Wikipedia 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online Whether you are a current writer or looking to break into the craft, formal writing courses can help you hone your skills. If you don't have the money or the time for a campus-based course, there are plenty of universities that offer free…

  January 30 2008, 1:48am | Comments

• Wikipedia John Frum - Wikipedia John Frum (or Jon Frum; John From) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. He is depicted as an American World War II serviceman, who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow…

  January 20 2008, 3:29pm | Comments

• Wikipedia Proprioception - Wikipedia Proprioception (pronounced /ˌproʊpriːəˈsɛpʃən/ PRO-pree-o-SEP-shun); from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own" and perception) is the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body.

  January 20 2008, 8:14am | Comments

• Wikipedia The map is not the territory - Wikipedia The map is not the territory is a remark by Alfred Korzybski, encapsulating his view that an abstraction derived from something, or a reaction to it, is not the thing itself

  January 19 2008, 9:57am | Comments

• YouTube

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• Flickr London building tops

  December 27 2007, 8:50am | Comments

• Wikipedia How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian - wikiHow Dealing with a friend that has different beliefs than you can be frustrating for both yourself and the non-believer. Learning how to deal with it can be extremely difficult and you might want to convert them.

  November 13 2007, 2:39am | Comments

• Wikipedia Archetype - Wikipedia An archetype is a generic, idealized model of a person, object, or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned, or emulated. In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality, or behavior. This article is about person

  October 31 2007, 10:17am | Comments

• Wikipedia Mise en abyme - Wikipedia Mise en abyme (also mise en abîme) has several meanings in the realm of the creative arts and literary theory. The term is originally from the French and means, "placing into infinity" or "placing into the abyss". The commonplace usage of this phrase…

  October 31 2007, 10:11am | Comments

• Wikipedia Wiki Browser by chainofthoughts.com Browse the WIKIVERSE organically

  October 26 2007, 1:48am | Comments

• Flickr Viktor Bulla's Pioneers in Defense Drill, Leningrad (1937)

  July 6 2007, 4:58am | Comments

• Wikipedia Defenestration - Wikipedia Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The word comes from the Latin de (from; out of) and fenestra (window). Merriam-Webster's dictionary users named it as one of their favorite words of the year in 2004.

  July 3 2007, 2:28am | Comments

• Wikipedia Raymond Roussel - Wikipedia Raymond Roussel (Paris, January 20, 1877 - Palermo, July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, and drug addict. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups w

  May 7 2007, 5:51am | Comments

• Wikipedia Internet - Wikipedia The Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, aca

  April 27 2007, 2:30am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter The Various Workings of a Cube-Shaped Gallery | Ask MetaFilter Imagine a cube-shaped building, with ten cube-shaped rooms along each side (10 rooms long, 10 high & 10 deep). Each cubular room has 4 walls, 1 ceiling and 1 floor. Each of the 6 interior surfaces in all 1000 cubular rooms is decorated…

  April 25 2007, 3:39am | Comments

• Wikipedia Euphemism - Wikipedia A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. When a phrase…

  March 9 2007, 4:19am | Comments

• Wikipedia Meaning of life - Wikipedia The philosophical question "What is the meaning of life?" means different things to different people. The vagueness of the query is inherent in the word "meaning", which opens the question to many interpretations, such as: "What is the origin of life?", "

  February 22 2007, 7:52am | Comments

• Wikipedia A Million Penguins The evening had begun several hours ago with Jim standing in front of his full-length mirror, checking out his attire for the night ahead. He had been invited to the most important social function of the year - the comeback of Bananarama- and…

  February 18 2007, 3:45pm | Comments

• Wikipedia New Scientist Technology Blog: Wiki wave sweeps on While one wiki has become a major feature of modern life, experiments with the medium are still continuing. One is the "wiki novel" started by established, conventional book publisher Penguin. Amillionpenguins is fascinating, chaotic and often perplexi

  February 18 2007, 3:41pm | Comments

• Wikipedia Lists of unsolved problems - Wikipedia This is a list of lists of unsolved problems in various subjects:

  February 5 2007, 8:06am | Comments

• Wikipedia Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us - Video Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. We're going to have to rethink a few things.

  February 4 2007, 10:35am | Comments

• Wikipedia Demographics of Russia - Wikipedia Russia's area is about 17 million square kilometers (6.5 million sq. mi.). It remains the largest country in the world by more than 7 million square kilometers (2.5 million sq. mi.). Its population density is about 9 persons per square kilometer (22 per…

  February 2 2007, 2:26am | Comments

• Wikipedia 42 Things We Don't Know How did life begin? What's the universe made of? Why do we sleep? 42* of the biggest questions in science.

  January 30 2007, 9:11am | Comments

• Flickr kkkwheel

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• Wikipedia Wikipedia:Today's featured picture (animation) : Pi Visualised An animated image showing how pi is derived. A number line is marked off by a circle of unit diameter. Starting from zero, the circle "unrolls" its circumference. At one full turn, the unrolled circumference has extended to the point we call π.…

  January 20 2007, 3:15am | Comments

• YouTube

  June 13 2006, 7:46pm | Comments

• Metafilter Switching off self-awareness Researchers have found that prolonged concentration on a difficult task actually switches off a person's self awareness. Fancy experiencing this sensation for yourself? That would be an oxymoron in existence. Just lay back and let the orgasm take hold.

  April 20 2006, 8:16pm | Comments

• Metafilter The Simulacrisation of Technology into Life As the Pentagon ousts plans to turn insects into cyber war machines you'd be forgiven for asking the question: Where does the real digital end and the faked life begin? Are we simulating life synthetically? or just speeding up an entirely natural process?…

  March 15 2006, 8:09pm | Comments

• Metafilter Clonycavan Styling Gel - 2000 years of cool or your money back! Body, volume, style and shine with long-lasting power. Clonycavan Styling Gel, along with mummification in Irish peat, works together with your freshly disemboweled corpse to protect hair from the disruptive power of 2000 years of rigor-mortis.

  January 17 2006, 9:06pm | Comments

• Metafilter The concept of the Transhuman: human, the self, consciousness and their effects on the law Whether or not you believe humans are set to evolve into gods, or AI is destined to achieve self-awareness the idea of the Transhuman is a thought provoking concept. Philosophers have debated the nature of the self, of the human for millennia. Is…

  December 13 2005, 5:43pm | Comments

• Metafilter MeFi: Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Apologies for not linking to anything besides the main CNN page but there are no full stories on this yet. The plane crashed into the building about six minutes ago, from what the TV is…

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• Wikipedia Sokal Affair - Wikipedia The Sokal Affair was a hoax by physicist Alan Sokal perpetrated on the editorial staff and readership of the postmodern cultural studies journal Social Text

  February 3 2008, 2:32pm | Comments

• Wikipedia 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online Whether you are a current writer or looking to break into the craft, formal writing courses can help you hone your skills. If you don't have the money or the time for a campus-based course, there are plenty of universities that offer free…

  January 30 2008, 1:48am | Comments

• Wikipedia John Frum - Wikipedia John Frum (or Jon Frum; John From) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. He is depicted as an American World War II serviceman, who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow…

  January 20 2008, 3:29pm | Comments

• Wikipedia Proprioception - Wikipedia Proprioception (pronounced /ˌproʊpriːəˈsɛpʃən/ PRO-pree-o-SEP-shun); from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own" and perception) is the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body.

  January 20 2008, 8:14am | Comments

• Wikipedia The map is not the territory - Wikipedia The map is not the territory is a remark by Alfred Korzybski, encapsulating his view that an abstraction derived from something, or a reaction to it, is not the thing itself

  January 19 2008, 9:57am | Comments

• YouTube

  January 16 2008, 7:18pm | Comments

• Flickr London building tops

  December 27 2007, 8:50am | Comments

• Wikipedia How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian - wikiHow Dealing with a friend that has different beliefs than you can be frustrating for both yourself and the non-believer. Learning how to deal with it can be extremely difficult and you might want to convert them.

  November 13 2007, 2:39am | Comments

• Wikipedia Archetype - Wikipedia An archetype is a generic, idealized model of a person, object, or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned, or emulated. In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality, or behavior. This article is about person

  October 31 2007, 10:17am | Comments

• Wikipedia Mise en abyme - Wikipedia Mise en abyme (also mise en abîme) has several meanings in the realm of the creative arts and literary theory. The term is originally from the French and means, "placing into infinity" or "placing into the abyss". The commonplace usage of this phrase…

  October 31 2007, 10:11am | Comments

• Wikipedia Wiki Browser by chainofthoughts.com Browse the WIKIVERSE organically

  October 26 2007, 1:48am | Comments

• Flickr Viktor Bulla's Pioneers in Defense Drill, Leningrad (1937)

  July 6 2007, 4:58am | Comments

• Wikipedia Defenestration - Wikipedia Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The word comes from the Latin de (from; out of) and fenestra (window). Merriam-Webster's dictionary users named it as one of their favorite words of the year in 2004.

  July 3 2007, 2:28am | Comments

• Wikipedia Raymond Roussel - Wikipedia Raymond Roussel (Paris, January 20, 1877 - Palermo, July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, and drug addict. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups w

  May 7 2007, 5:51am | Comments

• Wikipedia Internet - Wikipedia The Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, aca

  April 27 2007, 2:30am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter The Various Workings of a Cube-Shaped Gallery | Ask MetaFilter Imagine a cube-shaped building, with ten cube-shaped rooms along each side (10 rooms long, 10 high & 10 deep). Each cubular room has 4 walls, 1 ceiling and 1 floor. Each of the 6 interior surfaces in all 1000 cubular rooms is decorated…

  April 25 2007, 3:39am | Comments

• Wikipedia Euphemism - Wikipedia A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. When a phrase…

  March 9 2007, 4:19am | Comments

• Wikipedia Meaning of life - Wikipedia The philosophical question "What is the meaning of life?" means different things to different people. The vagueness of the query is inherent in the word "meaning", which opens the question to many interpretations, such as: "What is the origin of life?", "

  February 22 2007, 7:52am | Comments

• Wikipedia A Million Penguins The evening had begun several hours ago with Jim standing in front of his full-length mirror, checking out his attire for the night ahead. He had been invited to the most important social function of the year - the comeback of Bananarama- and…

  February 18 2007, 3:45pm | Comments

• Wikipedia New Scientist Technology Blog: Wiki wave sweeps on While one wiki has become a major feature of modern life, experiments with the medium are still continuing. One is the "wiki novel" started by established, conventional book publisher Penguin. Amillionpenguins is fascinating, chaotic and often perplexi

  February 18 2007, 3:41pm | Comments

• Wikipedia Lists of unsolved problems - Wikipedia This is a list of lists of unsolved problems in various subjects:

  February 5 2007, 8:06am | Comments

• Wikipedia Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us - Video Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. We're going to have to rethink a few things.

  February 4 2007, 10:35am | Comments

• Wikipedia Demographics of Russia - Wikipedia Russia's area is about 17 million square kilometers (6.5 million sq. mi.). It remains the largest country in the world by more than 7 million square kilometers (2.5 million sq. mi.). Its population density is about 9 persons per square kilometer (22 per…

  February 2 2007, 2:26am | Comments

• Wikipedia 42 Things We Don't Know How did life begin? What's the universe made of? Why do we sleep? 42* of the biggest questions in science.

  January 30 2007, 9:11am | Comments

• Flickr kkkwheel

  January 25 2007, 11:40am | Comments

• Wikipedia Wikipedia:Today's featured picture (animation) : Pi Visualised An animated image showing how pi is derived. A number line is marked off by a circle of unit diameter. Starting from zero, the circle "unrolls" its circumference. At one full turn, the unrolled circumference has extended to the point we call π.…

  January 20 2007, 3:15am | Comments

• YouTube

  June 13 2006, 7:46pm | Comments

• Metafilter Switching off self-awareness Researchers have found that prolonged concentration on a difficult task actually switches off a person's self awareness. Fancy experiencing this sensation for yourself? That would be an oxymoron in existence. Just lay back and let the orgasm take hold.

  April 20 2006, 8:16pm | Comments

• Metafilter The Simulacrisation of Technology into Life As the Pentagon ousts plans to turn insects into cyber war machines you'd be forgiven for asking the question: Where does the real digital end and the faked life begin? Are we simulating life synthetically? or just speeding up an entirely natural process?…

  March 15 2006, 8:09pm | Comments

• Metafilter Clonycavan Styling Gel - 2000 years of cool or your money back! Body, volume, style and shine with long-lasting power. Clonycavan Styling Gel, along with mummification in Irish peat, works together with your freshly disemboweled corpse to protect hair from the disruptive power of 2000 years of rigor-mortis.

  January 17 2006, 9:06pm | Comments

• Metafilter The concept of the Transhuman: human, the self, consciousness and their effects on the law Whether or not you believe humans are set to evolve into gods, or AI is destined to achieve self-awareness the idea of the Transhuman is a thought provoking concept. Philosophers have debated the nature of the self, of the human for millennia. Is…

  December 13 2005, 5:43pm | Comments

• Metafilter MeFi: Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Apologies for not linking to anything besides the main CNN page but there are no full stories on this yet. The plane crashed into the building about six minutes ago, from what the TV is…

  September 11 2001, 6:58am | Comments

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