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2002-2004 Archives
“An Indian who spent 18
“An Indian who spent 18 years trying to prove he was alive, researchers who showed London taxi drivers have bigger-than-average brains and the inventor of Murphy’s Law won this year’s ’IgNobel’ prizes.” From CNN.
Oct 04, 2003 by Abbas
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“Aoccdrnig to rseearch at an
“Aoccdrnig to rseearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.” Snet to me by my fienrd Mrak Bylth.
Sep 17, 2003 by Abbas
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“Germany remembers Adorno legacy: Frankfurt
“Germany remembers Adorno legacy: Frankfurt pays homage to its critical theorist son, who shaped the Institute for Social Research.” From the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Sep 13, 2003 by Abbas
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If you, like me, have
If you, like me, have developed a dependency to e-mail and are going crazy somewhere in the middle of nowhere, trying to connect with your laptop while the clock is ticking and adding hefty phone charges to the hotel bill, have I just heard of a solution for us! Sorry to sound like a cheesy advertisement, but having just paid 8 euros in Venice for half-an-hour at a web café plus about 15 euros for quick e-mail calls from the hotel I was all too happy to sign up with Net2Roam and be—at last—able to call local numbers for my web access in 150 countries without the hassle of new configurations every time. Another web innovation of this caliber is of course the classic JFax that allows one to receive faxes and voice mail as e-mail attachments. Together they do, in fact, contribute in making the office truly portable! You won’t see me at home again!!!
Sep 13, 2003 by Roosa
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“Most people would probably consider
“Most people would probably consider their tastes more discerning than those of the family pet. But according to new research, humans can be trained to crave food in a manner reminiscent of Pavlov’s dogs. The findings, published today in the journal Science, may help scientists better understand compulsive eating disorders and substance addiction.” From Scientific American.
Sep 05, 2003 by Abbas
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Paul A. Wagner, Ph.D., Director,
Paul A. Wagner, Ph.D., Director, Project in Professional Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Houston—Clear Lake, Texas, USA, reviews Decisions, Uncertainty, and the Brain: The Science of Neuroeconomics by Paul W. Glimcher, here.
Sep 05, 2003 by Abbas
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“It is not too much
“It is not too much to say that our world was founded by Newton. After Einstein’s discovery of relativity, the popular imagination conceived the notion that henceforth we would inhabit a time-space continuum in which the atom would be the arbiter of everything, spacemen would return to earth younger than they were when they left, and apples might fall upwards from the bough. But ours is a Newtonian reality, and always will be. He took our human measure, and he is our yardstick. Einstein himself revered Newton, whose portrait was the only one he kept on the wall above his desk in his office at Princeton.” From a review by John Banville of Isaac Newton by James Gleick, in the Guardian.
Sep 05, 2003 by Abbas
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I Carnivore. “Humans evolved beyond
I Carnivore. “Humans evolved beyond their vegetarian roots and became meat-eaters at the dawn of the genus Homo, around 2.5 million years ago, according to a study of our ancestors’ teeth.” From New Scientist. I eat MEAT!
Sep 05, 2003 by Abbas
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“Still Delirious: Has Rem Koolhaas
“Still Delirious: Has Rem Koolhaas Abandoned City?” From the NY Observer.
Sep 05, 2003 by Abbas
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Meredith Small reviews Sex, Time
Meredith Small reviews Sex, Time and Power: How Women’s Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution by Leonard Shlain. From the NY Times.
Sep 02, 2003 by Abbas
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» The Aula Point of View (POV) began its life as the digest of the Aula member weblogs in 2002, edited by Abbas Raza and coeditors. The POV covers topics in literature, philosophy, politics, science, and of course gossip.
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