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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Picture: Belgrade at 40°

 
Slightly unsafe for work
Link to [slika] Beograd na 40°

links for 2007-07-18

Beyond Demonic Memes - Why Richard Dawkins is Wrong About Religion
David Sloan Wilson , one of my favourite Evolutionary Psychologists, tackles Dawkins.
(tags: biology culture evolution religion scepticism science society article evolutionary_psychology philosophy)

Girls who complain about their problems at greater risk of developing anxiety and depression
A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia has found that girls [...]

So predicable: "’Big Brother’ plan for police to use new road cameras"

 From The Guardian
“Big Brother” plans to automatically hand the police details of the daily journeys of millions of motorists tracked by road pricing cameras across the country were inadvertently disclosed by the Home Office last night.
Leaked Whitehall background papers reveal that Home Office and transport ministers have clashed over plans for legislation this autumn enabling the [...]

Soviet Utopianism in cartoons

From Soviet Architecture in Cartoons:

“Most of old Russian cartoons back from the Soviet Era are notable for the landscapes of the fantasy Soviet reality. Totally childish cartoon plots were taking place on magnificent background of Stalin’s architectural forms. Just take a look.”
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links for 2007-07-16

Mind Hacks: Hypnosis redux
Mind hacks has links to superb sources and explanation about hypnosis
(tags: hypnosis science scepticism Critical_Thinking medicine health)

Belgrade sizzels!

 
When air conditioning units are working hard, they tend to drip water. The streets of Belgrade are lined with these aircon puddles as the city’s cooling mechanisms try to cope with the blazing heat.
Ada lake is as tepid as a 10  inute old hot bath but thanksfully the rivers are still cool.  I am [...]

links for 2007-07-13

Silencing Clueless Assholes: A Lesson from the Movie Theatre
(tags: Economics emotion motivation Books communication psychology business)

Israeli Army Hotties

Maxim finally hooked my Israeli Army hotties meme…

Christiane Feser

Christiane Feser: ”

From Conscientious:
Christiane Feser’s Frauen shows women the way we are used to see them in magazines or in ads - namely heavily airbrushed - but out of the context of those magazines or ads. The effect is quite startling. Unfortunately, the website is German language only, but most of the portfolios are [...]

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