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Poster Boy
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by balthazarus  7-16-2009   
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i-Aroma
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by balthazarus  7-13-2009    1
 The company has already launched a scent-producing store signage system, piloted a mobile fragrance communication system and premiered smell-enhanced movies in Japanese theaters. With the i-Aroma, a more personal olfactory experience is on the way for volunteers lucky enough to be involved in the trial
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Two Mammals' Longevity Boosted
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by balthazarus  7-12-2009   
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21st-Century Slaves
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by balthazarus  7-12-2009    6
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Ethiopian Multiplication
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by balthazarus  7-8-2009    1
 Cool :lol:
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Can Aging Be Solved?
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by balthazarus  7-8-2009   
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Mediastorm
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by balthazarus  7-8-2009    1
 Each photograph represents a different project and a different story...
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Subliminal Messages Motivation
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by balthazarus  7-6-2009    3
 Going now for a coffee... :lol:
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Those unsure of own ideas more resistant to views of others
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by balthazarus  7-6-2009    1
 It sounds obvious almost, but one should doubt his mind and when saying doubt i mean asking yourself what do i feel, see... and why do i see feel this? can i feel, see otherwise?
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This is the rhythm of the heart..
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by balthazarus  7-6-2009    2
 "investigators did find subconscious reflex autonomous responses. Almost every musical crescendo induced progressive skin vasoconstriction along with increases in blood pressure and heart rate. Correlations between cardiovascular variables and music profile were particularly evident during the aria "Nessun dorma," which is characterized by 3 progressively stronger crescendos. "We found that there were a lot of correspondences, particularly during the part of the musical track that has those crescendos," said Dr. Bernardi. Conversely, during the slower or silent phases, there was progressive skin vasodilation and reductions in heart rate and blood pressure, indicating progressive relaxation."
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Sea level rise: it goes up and up...
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by balthazarus  7-5-2009    1
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Evo Psych
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by balthazarus  7-5-2009   
 "Like other critics, he has no doubt that evolution shaped the human brain. How could it be otherwise, when evolution has shaped every other human organ? But evo psych's claims that human behavior is constrained by mental modules that calcified in the Stone Age make sense "only if the environmental challenges remain static enough to sculpt an instinct over evolutionary time," Pigliucci points out. If the environment, including the social environment, is instead dynamic rather than static—which all evidence suggests—then the only kind of mind that makes humans evolutionarily fit is one that is flexible and responsive, able to figure out a way to make trade-offs, survive, thrive and reproduce in whatever social and physical environment it finds itself in"
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Fixing My Gaze
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by balthazarus  7-5-2009   
 "It is hard to imagine the dramatic nature of the sudden epiphany that stereoblind people have if they gain stereopsis, as when Barry saw the steering wheel floating before her. Stereoblind people perceive the world in two dimensions, as a flat display; they judge distance and depth by such cues as size, shading, and the partial obscuring of one object by another. They have to develop these techniques in childhood because they suppress the information coming from one of their eyes, since the data from both eyes fail to match. Nothing in the experience of the stereoblind can prepare them for what stereoscopic vision is like. If they get it, the experience can be overwhelming; it can even cause vertigo, as happened to Barry, and sensations of travel-sickness." "It is a pleasant and optimistic thought indeed, that at any point in life we might, if determined enough, be able to fix things, improve, mend, and grow in positive ways: even to see more clearly, and not just with our eyes."
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God or Darwin? some statistics...
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by balthazarus  7-4-2009    5
 though i used the same headline as the article, i do not agree to it. Evolution is not equal to religion and they are merely two different perspectives of the same reality. Each one portrays a different worldview, a different world, a different view. the direction in religion is one of preservation, maintaining the existing order as it , whilst in evolution the dynamics are in constant motion of exploring new orders which by nature are transitory.
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What if Lincoln Had Used Twitter :-?
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by balthazarus  7-4-2009    1
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UrbanDictionary
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by balthazarus  7-4-2009   
 "Why would so many kids want to give up their jargon? Maybe they’re chasing a “neologasm,” which was the Word of the Day on Jan. 14: “the pleasurable feeling from having coined a new word.” urbandictionary​.com
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Theory and actuation
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by balthazarus  7-3-2009   
 I find it as a nice example of the need always to look for ways to test one theory of... Only then will clarity arise above the unmediated unchallenged and largely unsupported knowledge one has about the world and herself.
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Monkey see, monkey do...
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by balthazarus  7-3-2009   
 "These four kinds of behavior — empathy, the ability to learn and follow social rules, reciprocity and peacemaking — are the basis of sociality. De Waal sees human morality as having grown out of primate sociality, but with two extra levels of sophistication. People enforce their society's moral codes much more rigorously with rewards, punishments and reputation building. They also apply a degree of judgment and reason, for which there are no parallels in animals." Natural selection favors organisms that survive and reproduce, by whatever means. And it has provided people, he writes in "Primates and Philosophers," with "a compass for life's choices that takes the interests of the entire community into account, which is the essence of human morality."
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Head Scarf Emerges as Indonesia Political Symbol
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by balthazarus  7-3-2009    3
 Golkar Party officials rejected accusations by the president’s party that they were trying to exploit Islam for politics; they also denied having anything to do with the recent distribution of leaflets that stated, falsely, that Boediono’s wife was not Muslim, but Roman Catholic. The fundamentalists are trying to force women to wear the jilbab as an act of submission, and had already done so in various municipalities across the Indonesian archipelago in recent years, Ms. Neng said. For the progressives, she said, wearing the jilbab was an expression of a woman’s right. “For women in Indonesia, whether they want to wear the jilbab or not is their choice,” said Ms. Neng, who started wearing one five years ago. “It shouldn’t be political.”
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Understanding does not diminish Awe
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by balthazarus  7-2-2009    2
 "The religious experience is, at best, a stunted variety of this feeling. Awe without understanding, or at least the desire for understanding, degenerates into mysticism: viewing a mystery not as a challenge to be solved, but something to be worshipped for its own sake. Mysticism states that ignorance is a desirable condition, a state we should glory in. This attitude only keeps us frightened and ignorant, and worst of all, robs us of the deeper and more genuine awe that comes with comprehension. I say, let us explore. There may be problems too high or too deep for us, mysteries we cannot penetrate - but so far, we haven't found any, and if there are any, they will not need to be protected from our investigations."
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A Moved Mover
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by balthazarus  7-1-2009    2
 An interesting account that names and refute all arguments favoring a godly existence of any sort. ... As David Hume wrote over 200 years ago in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, "What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe?"
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A game for life
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by balthazarus  7-1-2009   
 "The challenge is to learn enough about the brain changes induced by different technologies and types of games in order to be able to guide them, enhancing functions that result in a functional and behavioral advantage for each individual. If done properly, the motivating, almost addictive, nature of these technologies, may actually prove a very valuable ally to achieve desired goals in education, medical treatment, and rehabilitation." I do agree to the point that it is up to us, humans, to pour the meaning into the availability that is technology.
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Mind-Controlled Wheelchair
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by balthazarus  6-30-2009    3
 Impressive. Another example to the ever increasing in availability that technology enables.
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Augmented Reality
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by balthazarus  6-30-2009   
 Some of the Apps sound great.
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The Evolutionary Enigma of Dream Content
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by balthazarus  6-29-2009    2
 A question which is more interesting then the possible answers... that is an advantage ;-)
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Atlas Obscura
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by balthazarus  6-29-2009    3
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Fallen Princesses
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by balthazarus  6-28-2009   
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What is a fair price for free knowledge?
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by balthazarus  6-28-2009    5
 "When it comes to knowledge, you can never have too much of a good thing."
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Robots with a taste for flesh..
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by balthazarus  6-28-2009    2
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Girl that doesn’t age
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by balthazarus  6-25-2009    1
 Strange indeed...
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'Misty caverns' on Enceladus moon
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by balthazarus  6-25-2009    1
 Opposing opinions regarding the water vapors coming from Enceladus.
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IQ and the Values of Nations: or, How Your Country's IQ Affects Your Values
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by balthazarus  6-24-2009   
 This is the Savanna Principle: The human brain has difficulty comprehending and dealing with entities and situations that did not exist in the ancestral environment. (This same hypothesis has been referred to as the Evolutionary Legacy Hypothesis and the Mismatch Hypothesis as well.)
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Brain could adapt well to cyborg enhancements
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by balthazarus  6-24-2009    1
 Farné says the same kind of brain "plasticity" might be involved in regaining control of a transplanted hand or a prosthetic limb when the original has been lost. The brain might also readily incorporate cyborg additions – a cyborg arm or other body part – into its body schema, says Farné, "and possibly new body parts differing in shape and/or number, for example four arms." Small implants such as pacemakers are inserted in the existing body so do not need to be accepted by the body schema, adds Farné, "but a pair of wings would – that would be tough!"
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Do the languages we speak shape the way we see the world?
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by balthazarus  6-22-2009    6
 An interesting account, exposing some of the background which composes perception..
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Free Will or better yet free the will...
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by balthazarus  6-22-2009    1
 Interesting talk.
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New Glimpses of Life’s Puzzling Origins
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by balthazarus  6-16-2009    2
 Interesting article. It exposes some of the human's desire to overreach the limitations of its knowledge.
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Human Presence May Be Increasing The Lifespan Of Earth
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by balthazarus  6-15-2009   
 An interesting view! We've got so much more to know...
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Dog's 'Guilty Look' Is All In Your Head
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by balthazarus  6-15-2009   
 Applies also to human interaction... ;-)
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a novel ultramicrobacterium from 3042 m deep Greenland glacial ice
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by balthazarus  6-15-2009   
 Fascinating.
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Speeding up brain networks might boost IQ
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by balthazarus  6-14-2009    1
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