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The Hot and Cold of Priming
Psychologists are divided on whether unnoticed cues can influence behavior
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/340408/title/The_Hot_and_Cold_of_Priming
This is an interesting idea, though it appears to be a bit challenging to reproduce. I am dubious about a lot of social …
I was reading this article:
Surveillance State democracy
As the FBI seeks full access to all forms of Internet communication, it is not voters who need to be convinced
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/06/surveillance_state_democracy/
when I was reminded of one of my favorite books …
Wall Street’s oil scam
Who’s really to blame for high gas prices? Greedy finance speculators
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/04/wall_streets_oil_scam/
And we should believe them since they ask us to, right? It isn’t like they have a long and extensive track record of illegal …
Americans Elect canceling caucuses, has no candidates
Elites discover actual voters don’t share their thirst for a “moderate” deficit hawk independent candidate
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/americans_elect_canceling_caucuses_has_no_candidates/
I am not shocked that this happened. Almost by default Americans Elect (AE) is attempting to attract …
Reboot the Romney-bot
Since clinching the nomination, the candidate’s behavior has become even less recognizably human
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/02/reboot_the_romney_bot/
Very amusing! I encourage everyone to read it, hopefully you will get at least as many smiles and chuckles as I did. Here …
Republican fear factor
Conservatives’ paranoid alternate-reality can be explained by their brain chemistry — and their media choices
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/republican_fear_factor_salpart/
It helps to understand how people think, even if the act of understanding them sometimes gives you a headache. Some people …
Seattle Attorney Andrew Basiago Claims U.S. Sent Him On Time Travels
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/andrew-basiago-seattle-attorney-time-travels_n_1438216.html
For those of you needing your conspiracy theory fix, here we have definitive proof that our government has been practicing time travel for decades. There is NO OTHER …
The Next Yellowstone Supereruption Is Closer Than You Think
http://gizmodo.com/5906622/the-yellowstone-supereruption-is-closer-than-you-think/
For those of you who don’t know, we have here in the US heartland one of the most dangerous types of volcanoes on this planet. It is the Yellowstone ‘super’ …
Oracle and the End of Programming As We Know It
If Oracle prevails in its claim that APIs can be copyrighted, nearly every aspect of programming will be changed for the worse.
http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/232901227
This is a really big deal and …