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5Oct/140

BBC News – A Point of View: Why short men make better husbands

BBC News - A Point of View: Why short men make better husbands.

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5Oct/140

Speech: Military Action in Iraq – elizabethmaymp.ca – October 6, 2014

Well said. And the reminder that the road to hell is paved with good intentions is  certainly timely.

What is also interesting is that the more nuanced good intentions Ms. May articulates so well are even more implicated in toxic outcomes.

Speech: Military Action in Iraq – elizabethmaymp.ca – October 6, 2014.

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3Oct/140

Evolution of Modern Humans:  Neandertals

Lots of examples of the conceit that  intelligence actively does stuff involving understanding and choosing.

Evolution of Modern Humans:  Neandertals.

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2Oct/140

All blue-eyed people can be traced back to one ancestor who lived 10,000 years ago near the Black Sea | Daily Mail Online

All blue-eyed people can be traced back to one ancestor who lived 10,000 years ago near the Black Sea | Daily Mail Online.

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2Oct/140

Twin Life: Sharing Mind and Body – Doc Zone

A graphic account of the emergent nature of consciousness, sense of self and identity.

Twin Life: Sharing Mind and Body - Doc Zone.

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1Oct/140

BBC News – Sense of smell ‘may predict lifespan’

The evidence that life (and consciousness) is an emergent phenomenon keeps piling up.  Richard Dawkins talked about extended phenotypes - beaver bodies + beaver dams making beavering possible - and I  think this is an excellent observation.  But if the process of extending phenotypes continues and continues eventually the rationale for talking about phenotypes (and genotypes) in the first place disappears.  .

Then we have a process metaphysics!

BBC News - Sense of smell 'may predict lifespan'.

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30Sep/140

Apple Pay Signals New Era at Cash Register – NYTimes.com

Apple Pay Signals New Era at Cash Register - NYTimes.com.

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28Sep/140

From Pen and Phone to Bombs and Drones – NYTimes.com

From Pen and Phone to Bombs and Drones - NYTimes.com.

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28Sep/140

God, Darwin and My College Biology Class – NYTimes.com

God, Darwin and My College Biology Class - NYTimes.com.

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28Sep/140

BBC News – UK energy mix: Where does our power come from?

BBC News - UK energy mix: Where does our power come from?.

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