Looks Like 1984 in Kansas
The Kansas Board of Regents, many members of which have been appointed by the governor, has voted to restrict academic free speech.
Category: English
eReader/Tablet Review: Barnes & Noble Nook HD 7"
Nook HD 7″ and a piece of toast, courtesy of barnesandnoble.com. I don’t know why. For the paperless academic on a budget Virtually every article about improving one’s…
Pedro Oliveira, “People-Centered Innovation: Becoming a Practitioner in Innovation Research”
Pedro Oliveira provides a fascinating glimpse into his transition from academia into consultancy, with a guide for those like minded to boot. People-Centered Innovation: Becoming a Practitioner in…
The Tallest Ruin in the World
In Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord argued that capitalism neutralizes critical dispositions through the hypnotic power of its spectacle of commodities, mass advertising, light, films, color, and…
The Tallest Ruin in the World
In Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord argued that capitalism neutralizes critical dispositions through the hypnotic power of its spectacle of commodities, mass advertising, light, films, color, and…
Twitter and malaria: Joining forces to fight poverty
WTF? That was my reaction too as I read an FT article which came to the radical conclusion that Twitter and malaria are bedfellows in the global fight…
Twitter and malaria: Joining forces to fight poverty
WTF? That was my reaction too as I read an FT article which came to the radical conclusion that Twitter and malaria are bedfellows in the global fight…
Twitter and malaria: Joining forces to fight poverty
WTF? That was my reaction too as I read an FT article which came to the radical conclusion that Twitter and malaria are bedfellows in the global fight…
Twitter and malaria: Joining forces to fight poverty
WTF? That was my reaction too as I read an FT article which came to the radical conclusion that Twitter and malaria are bedfellows in the global fight…
Notes on Thoughtfulness in Scholarly Publishing (3): In This, I Support Elsevier
[Updated] This series began in the wake of an instance in which I, to the irritation of most observers, questioned a case of self-piracy. Soon thereafter, self-piracy was…
No Respect
He had hundreds of very funny jokes that underscored the “no respect” theme. Here’s one culled from a performance on the
No Respect
He had hundreds of very funny jokes that underscored the “no respect” theme. Here’s one culled from a performance on the
Big Gods Book Club #6: Concluding Thoughts
(This post concludes our “book club” webinar discussing Ara Norenzayan’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) In what follows I’ll make some general concluding comm…
‘Big Gods’ book club #5: Remarks on the two puzzles
I like Ara’s way of studying scientific problems very much, weaving together various disciplines from evolutionary modelling to experimental psychology or social anthropology, and I also like the…
‘Big Gods’ book club #4: Alternative explanations?
Unfortunately, I had to read this book more quickly than it would deserve; still, it is an engaging, up-to-date and pleasant synthesis of works from different disciplinary fields.…
‘Big Gods’ book club #3 : Testing more specific hypotheses and going beyond correlations in the origins and evolution of religious beliefs
(This week, cognitionandculture.net is hosting a “book club” webinar discussing Ara Norenzayan’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) In his insightful précis, Ara …
‘Big Gods’ book club #2: Analytic atheism and the puzzle of apologetic
(This week, cognitionandculture.net is hosting a “book club” webinar discussing Ara Norenzayan’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) Norenzayan’s Big Gods pre…
‘Big Gods’ book club #1 — Skeptical thoughts
(This week, cognitionandculture.net is hosting a “book club” webinar discussing Ara Norenzayan’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) I have to confess that I …