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The Imprecision of Language in Science, especially Neuroscience
A friend recently sent me this nifty article. Here are some of my favorite snippets. On “knowledge”: “Knowing is not an activity of the brain but of human beings, and knowledge is not contained in the brain but in books … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, behavior, biology, brain, computation, science
Tagged brain, cousciousness, language, neuroscience, science
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Short Term Business Vision Dominates
Business Week has a really great article about the value of basic research in R&D Labs to future economies. Many of the classic scientific research labs, such as Bell Labs and RCA Labs (now Sarnoff Corp.), were started and funded … Continue reading
Posted in economics, research, science
Tagged basic research, bell labs, darpa, innovation, labs, r and d, science, the internet
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In Free Will, It’s the Free that’s Problematic
So it’s not that will doesn’t exist; it’s that the free part is problematic — a lot of people see free will and say, “Well, you’re showing there’s no free will; therefore, people have no intentions or will.” No. There … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, science
Tagged behavior, brain, cognitive science, evolutionary, free will, science, skinner
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Darwin & Viktor Deak vs. Jindal, Huckabee and booga-booga
In the 6th edition of “On the Origin of Species” Charles Darwin lamented over the power of “steady misrepresentation” of the facts and observations of his work 150 years ago. Those were days when God’s grace meant you could be … Continue reading
Posted in anthropology, astronomy, behavior, biology, brain, philosophy, politics, public policy, religion, science, social science
Tagged ambivalence, Branch & Scott, Copernicus, Dogma, evolution, faith, Galileo, genetic drift, intolerance, mutation, primates, religion in schools, Roman Catholic Church, science, speciation
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Darwin and experimental analysis of the behavior of markets
Please run this blog through the Baloney Detection Kit that was published here in the last 90 days. I recommend you do it for every media byte but, a guy off the streets writing about our global financial crisis may … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, behavior, biology, blogs, economics, finance, government, life, media, new kind of science, religion, research, science, social science
Tagged Baloney detection kit, consequences, experimental analysis of behavior, failures, fantasy, fear, financial crisis, life spans, pain, recycled, rhetoric, science, space, status quo, witchcraft
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Christakis, Rube Goldberg and Mythinformation
They’re at it again. Yes they are… As part of the Rube Goldberg contingent from Mythinformation Central. From the people that brought you “you’re fat because of your friends” you are now presented with: “your genes influence who will become … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, behavior, biology, brain, intelligent agent, life, media, online advertising, research, science, social networks, Uncategorized
Tagged Baloney detection kit, Contagion, Determinants, friends, genetics, Inherent characteristics, mind, Mythinformation, neural networks, obama, Peer review, predictions, Rube Goldberg, science, Shyness, social networks, Steven Pinker, US News and World Report
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Lie to Me* FOX debut
I am so disappointed. Mysticism returns to prime time TV with this inane crime stopper series “LIE to ME*” heralding the star (Tim Roth) and his team’s ability to read people’s faces to tell when they are lying about what. … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, behavior, biology, brain, hollywood, life, marketing, mathematics, music, philosophy, politics, religion, science, social science, speculation, traffic, Uncategorized
Tagged Botox, Catholic Church, Columbine, contingency management, crime, CSI, empirical, Hussain, Jonny Lang, lie to me, lie to me review, obama, phrenology, science, stem cells, Tim Roth, TV, Virginia Tech, voodoo
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CNN and Evil – Snivil…
Use your head! Not even the term “wet” is binary. Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, behavior, brain, information theory, politics, science, social science
Tagged authority, Baloney Detection System, binary, binary events, churches, CNN.com, consequences, dumbness, ESPN, evil, Good vs. Evil, Milram's Experiments, NFL Countdown, psychology, religion, research, rules are everywhere, science, words are powerful
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Should Scientists (Complexity Dudes At That) Help Solve The Economic Woes?
Now here’s a MEATY discussion on Edge.org about the role scientists should play in helping improve the economic conditions. Chew on this awhile. Here’s one of my favorite chunks of the discussion lifted from George Dyson’s comments: Brown, Kauffman, Palmrose, … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, behavior, economics, finance, science
Tagged complexity, economic theory, economics, economists, edge.org, science
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Why The Speed of Light is Finite
I do wonder why the speed of light is 299 792 458 m/s instead of 400 000 000 m/s or 50 billion m/s. I know it’s constant and like other constants the universe just sort of has them and299 792 … Continue reading
Posted in information theory, science
Tagged e=mc^2, einstein, mathematics, relativity, science, speed of light, theoretical physics
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