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Monthly Archives: November 2002

From Mouth to Mind: New insights into how language warps the brain

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” George Orwell
Looks like Mr Blair was closer to the truth than even he imagined. Language actually changes the structure of the brain. According to the Scientist American, “the first language we learn warps everything we hear later”. MORE

Cooking By Numbers

“Don’t bother going shopping, let’s cook with what you have.” A site that helps you cook with what you have in the fridge/cupboard.

Research Methods Knowledge Base

“The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods. It covers the entire research process including: formulating research questions; sampling (probability and nonprobability); measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive); research design (experimental and quasi-experimental); data analysis; and, [...]

Nigerian newspaper’s excuse for mob riots: “The computer did it!”

Also: The Miss World Riots- “smart” mob inspired? Stupid, murderous mobs can use tech too.
Ironically, the blasphemous story published against the prophet has tended to unite the nation’s muslims who have not only been unanimous in their condemnation of the story, but have also been sending solidarity text messages on their GSM phones to alert [...]

“Homosexuality is not ‘normal.’ On

“Homosexuality is not ‘normal.’ On the contrary, it is a challenge to the norm; therein rests its eternally revolutionary character. Note I do not call it a challenge to the idea of the norm. Queer theorists - that wizened crew of flimflamming free-loaders - have tried to take the poststructuralist tack of claiming that there [...]

Anti-cannabis meme taking hold

Cannabis linked to mental illness [The Times]
“CANNABIS increases the risk of schizophrenia or depression, new studies have shown.
A long-term follow-up of a 1960s study of Swedish army recruits shows that, broadly, using cannabis doubles the risk of schizophrenia, and using it 50 times increases the risk about sevenfold. The link persisted after correcting for [...]

What European Tribes Think About One Another

Part of “18 Ways to Hate Your Neighbour: Europe’s Lesson To The World”

10 rules for taming the e-mail monster


Dave Allan’s productivity tips and tricks


Mechanical marvels of the 19th Century

“Here is the most extensive collection of images and information on Victorian-era robots to be found in the whole World Wide Web.
Read illustrated accounts of the world’s first robot, the Steam Man, created in 1865! Subsequent automatons such as the Electric Man and the Automatic Man are also profiled. The most comprehensive section, with more [...]