Monthly Archives: May 2008

EMERGENT IDEA FOR YOU…

Posted on May 30, 2008 by

Interesting: I was recently asked why I used the term “emergent” in a statement on development in the central nervous system. I thought it the right word in fit, form and function but preceded to look it up in several … Continue reading →

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What’s Going on here?

Posted on May 30, 2008 by

Phone rings. I pick up the phone without call identity. A voice I don’t recognize asks for me. “This is John” I reply. “Hi, this is Mike C…” The phone goes silent for a second or two that seems to … Continue reading →

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Game Show Problem, a common problem

Posted on May 29, 2008 by

The Ask Marilyn column in Parade magazine featured this question and answer in 1990 and 1991.  It received over 10,000 responses and over 1000 from PhDs.  Can you solve it and do you think Marilyn is right? (yes, this is … Continue reading →

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Fixed Action Patterns and Cellular Automata

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

It appears likely that cellular automata, even elementary CAs, can model Fixed Action Patterns.  This is a potential area of study for me.  However, my gut suggests this won’t be all that interesting in of itself.  Now by cobbling together a … Continue reading →

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No Absolute Knowledge?

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

  and more where that came from here. and even more to investigate. (not Bronowski)

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Walden Two Communities

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

In further research (yes, me sidetracking), I found these two communities based on BF Skinner’s Walden Two and radical behaviorism concepts – an experimental analysis of behavior approach to building a community. Los Horcones and Twin Oaks Pretty neat real … Continue reading →

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Sidetracked By Tools

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

A reflection on what happens so much in technology, science and, even, art. In technology we get “sidetracked by [our] tools–like a sculptor who spends all day sharpening her chisels but never sets one to marble, or a novelist who … Continue reading →

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Arrow of Time

Posted on May 27, 2008 by

Funny timing.  Yesterday I wrote about our use of time cliches.  This morning I finally opened my latest issue of Scientific American.  Yup, there’s a lead article about the asymmetry of time (runs only forward).  It asks this question: “The basic laws … Continue reading →

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TPM will not end game piracy

Posted on May 27, 2008 by

ADDED 12:30PM: TPM – Trusted Platform Module – it’s a hardware based cryptology ADDED 11:45AM: I wanted to share a decent, but somewhat technical, research paper on downloading behavior. “The SCT view of media behavior suggests that the expected positive … Continue reading →

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Time Flies When You Are…

Posted on May 26, 2008 by

This morning laying in bed I was thinking about time, as I often do.  In common language, we talk about time as something unto itself.  Time marches on, time flies, where has all the time gone…  We all know what … Continue reading →

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