Troy Roness: Call Me a 'Milksop' All You Wish, But I'm No 'Yes Man'

Source: The Huffington Post

What are we going to do about all of the "non-manly" guys running around the United States? Apparently, the great assumption is that by engaging in activities ranging from military exercises to boy scouting, we could elimin ...
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Are humans getting better?

Source: Today Online

With daily headlines focusing on war, terrorism and the abuses of repressive governments, and religious leaders frequently bemoaning declining standards of public and private behaviour, it is easy to get the impression that w ...
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Language terms for family balance ease and info

Source: Futurity.org

Different languages refer to family relationships in different ways. For example, English speakers use two terms—grandmother and grandfather—to refer to grandparents, while Mandarin Chinese uses four terms. Many possible kinship categories, howeve ...
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Babies zero in on ‘just right’ to learn

Source: Futurity.org

Dubbed the “Goldilocks effect” by the University of Rochester team that discovered it, the attention pattern sheds light on how babies learn to make sense of a world full of complex sights, sounds, and movements. The findings could have ...
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Voice of Experience: Minerva Tantoco, Executive Director, Client Facing Technology, UBS

Source: The Glass Hammer

“My path could not have been predicted early in my career,” said Minerva Tantoco, Executive Director of Client Facing Technology at UBS. “If I’d known it was just following your interests and passions and just doing them well, I think I’d have had a lot ...
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Cognitive Democracy

Source: The Monkey Cage

Over the last couple of years, Cosma Shalizi and I have been working together on various things, including, inter alia, the relationship between complex systems, democracy and the Internet. These are big ...
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[Turing 2012] Atheist Answer #2

Source: Patheos Blogs

[1]This is the second entry in the Atheism round of the 2012 Ideological Turing Test for Religion. In this round, the honest answers of atheists are mixed in with Christians’ best efforts to talk like atheists. It’s your job to see if you can ...
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148th Vassar commencement

Source: Hudson Valley Press

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Beloved Professor Passes Away

Source: New University

UC Irvine students, faculty , friends and family members of Dr. Lawrence Alan Howard came together at the Social Sciences Lower Plaza for Dr. Howard’s memorial on Wednesday, May 16. Born on July 4, 1945, Dr. Howard contracted polio at ...
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