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Why do Americans still dislike atheists? - The Washington Post
A growing body of social science research reveals that atheists, and non-religious people in general, are far from the unsavory beings many assume them to be. On basic questions of morality and human ... Read more
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-americans-still-dislike-atheists/2011/02/18/AFqgnwGF_story.html
Tags: atheism, religion, politics, science, research, via:packrati.us, sociology, article, articles, fb Saved by: admin at 01 May 2011
A growing body of social science research reveals that atheists, and non-religious people in general, are far from the unsavory beings many assume them to be. On basic questions of morality and human ... Read more
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-americans-still-dislike-atheists/2011/02/18/AFqgnwGF_story.html
Tags: atheism, religion, politics, science, research, via:packrati.us, sociology, article, articles, fb Saved by: admin at 01 May 2011
The Lisp Curse
The Lisp Curse by Rudolf Winestock This essay is yet another attempt to reconcile the power of the Lisp programming language with the inability of the Lisp community to reproduce their pre-AI Winter ... Read more
http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html
Tags: lisp, programming, article, sociology, curse, functional, history, essays, software_engineering, the Saved by: admin at 16 Apr 2011
The Lisp Curse by Rudolf Winestock This essay is yet another attempt to reconcile the power of the Lisp programming language with the inability of the Lisp community to reproduce their pre-AI Winter ... Read more
http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html
Tags: lisp, programming, article, sociology, curse, functional, history, essays, software_engineering, the Saved by: admin at 16 Apr 2011
Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US | Media | The Observer
The list of attacks on social media is a long one and comes from all corners of academia and popular culture. A recent bestseller in the US, The Shallows by Nicholas Carr, suggested that use of the in... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/22/social-networking-cyber-scepticism-twitter
Tags: facebook, socialmedia, socialnetworking, twitter, guardian, via:packrati.us, sociology, networking, social, technology Saved by: admin at 24 Jan 2011
The list of attacks on social media is a long one and comes from all corners of academia and popular culture. A recent bestseller in the US, The Shallows by Nicholas Carr, suggested that use of the in... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/22/social-networking-cyber-scepticism-twitter
Tags: facebook, socialmedia, socialnetworking, twitter, guardian, via:packrati.us, sociology, networking, social, technology Saved by: admin at 24 Jan 2011
The Mathematics Of Beauty « OkTrends
But our advice can apply to anyone. Browsing OkCupid, I see so many photos that are clearly designed to minimize some supposedly unattractive trait—the close-cropped picture of a person who's probab... Read more
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-mathematics-of-beauty/
Tags: statistics, dating, beauty, psychology, okcupid, women, data, interesting, datamining, sociology Saved by: admin at 11 Jan 2011
But our advice can apply to anyone. Browsing OkCupid, I see so many photos that are clearly designed to minimize some supposedly unattractive trait—the close-cropped picture of a person who's probab... Read more
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-mathematics-of-beauty/
Tags: statistics, dating, beauty, psychology, okcupid, women, data, interesting, datamining, sociology Saved by: admin at 11 Jan 2011
Blog > National Affairs
Kevin Lewis is a columnist for the Ideas section of the Boston Globe. He has degrees in physics and political science from MIT, has studied and taught organizational behavior at UC Berkeley and Duke, ... Read more
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/blog/blogger/findings-a-daily-roundup
Tags: research, blog, psychology, reference, blogs, science, social, economics, journal, sociology Saved by: admin at 08 Dec 2010
Kevin Lewis is a columnist for the Ideas section of the Boston Globe. He has degrees in physics and political science from MIT, has studied and taught organizational behavior at UC Berkeley and Duke, ... Read more
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/blog/blogger/findings-a-daily-roundup
Tags: research, blog, psychology, reference, blogs, science, social, economics, journal, sociology Saved by: admin at 08 Dec 2010
How the Web Is Affecting Social Relations [STUDY]
How the Web is Affecting Social Relations [STUDY] - http://ow.ly/26my9 – Pete Cashmore (mashable) http://twitter.com/mashable/statuses/17585099762
http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/pew-study-web-social-relations/
Tags: internet, via:packrati.us, socialmedia, social,, sociology, web, articles, culture, digital_rhetoric, future Saved by: admin at 03 Jul 2010
How the Web is Affecting Social Relations [STUDY] - http://ow.ly/26my9 – Pete Cashmore (mashable) http://twitter.com/mashable/statuses/17585099762
http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/pew-study-web-social-relations/
Tags: internet, via:packrati.us, socialmedia, social,, sociology, web, articles, culture, digital_rhetoric, future Saved by: admin at 03 Jul 2010
You Are Not So Smart
You Are Not So Smart is a blog devoted to self delusion and irrational thinking. There’s a lot of research out there suggesting you have no idea why you act or think the way you do. It feels awful... Read more
http://youarenotsosmart.com/
Tags: psychology, blog, science, blogs, humor, interesting, sociology, bias, daily, cognition Saved by: admin at 08 Jun 2010
You Are Not So Smart is a blog devoted to self delusion and irrational thinking. There’s a lot of research out there suggesting you have no idea why you act or think the way you do. It feels awful... Read more
http://youarenotsosmart.com/
Tags: psychology, blog, science, blogs, humor, interesting, sociology, bias, daily, cognition Saved by: admin at 08 Jun 2010
Creative Class » Blog Archive » The Density of Smart People - Creative Class
"Clusters of smart people of the highly educated sort that economists refer to as “human capital” are the key engine of economic growth and development. The standard way economists measure this is... Read more
http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2010/05/29/the-density-of-smart-people/
Tags: education, demographics, sociology, blog, people, smart, analysis, article, creative, rands Saved by: admin at 31 May 2010
"Clusters of smart people of the highly educated sort that economists refer to as “human capital” are the key engine of economic growth and development. The standard way economists measure this is... Read more
http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2010/05/29/the-density-of-smart-people/
Tags: education, demographics, sociology, blog, people, smart, analysis, article, creative, rands Saved by: admin at 31 May 2010
apophenia » Blog Archive » Facebook and “radical transparency” (a rant)
"Facebook was originally a counterpublic, a public that people turned to because they didn’t like the publics that they had access to. What’s happening now is ripping the public that was created t... Read more
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/05/14/facebook-and-radical-transparency-a-rant.html
Tags: facebook, privacy, transparency, danahboyd, ethics, security, sociology, via:packrati.us, 2010, marketing Saved by: admin at 15 May 2010
"Facebook was originally a counterpublic, a public that people turned to because they didn’t like the publics that they had access to. What’s happening now is ripping the public that was created t... Read more
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/05/14/facebook-and-radical-transparency-a-rant.html
Tags: facebook, privacy, transparency, danahboyd, ethics, security, sociology, via:packrati.us, 2010, marketing Saved by: admin at 15 May 2010
Ephphatha Poetry: "Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black" - Tim Wise
Imagine a black political commentator suggesting that the only thing the guy who flew his plane into the Austin, Texas IRS building did wrong was not blowing up Fox News instead. This is, after all, w... Read more
http://ephphatha-poetry.blogspot.com/2010/04/imagine-if-tea-party-was-black-tim-wise.html
Tags: politics, race, government, teaparty, america, racism, crime, via:packrati.us, culture, sociology Saved by: admin at 25 Apr 2010
Imagine a black political commentator suggesting that the only thing the guy who flew his plane into the Austin, Texas IRS building did wrong was not blowing up Fox News instead. This is, after all, w... Read more
http://ephphatha-poetry.blogspot.com/2010/04/imagine-if-tea-party-was-black-tim-wise.html
Tags: politics, race, government, teaparty, america, racism, crime, via:packrati.us, culture, sociology Saved by: admin at 25 Apr 2010