Posted in Emotion, Reason, history on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Four versions of 450 years of British history: The Subjectivity of History
Laws are based on reason, but sometimes reason makes no sense: A Sudanese Family Reunites in Brooklyn
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Natural Sciences on Jun 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Some more articles you might enjoy (or find interesting, depending on the topic):
Scientific Research into Humour. Somewhat related is this article, which considers the scientific nature of blushing.
Remember that ludicrous Facebook Quiz “Are you a potato?”? Seems like Proctor & Gamble should have taken that quiz: Pringles Are Potato Chips.
Not so light-hearted, on the other [...]
Posted in Arts, Emotion, Math, Media, Natural Sciences, history on May 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
Although I realise that you might be ignoring my postings at this point (though you do still get a grade for commenting), I will continue to share. I don’t believe that knowledge and learning stop once a particular deadline has been met or a report card has been issued. Plus, some of these articles are [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Technology on Mar 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
A number of articles you mind find interesting:
Since we have been talking about belief and superstition in relation to the “Darwin’s God” article, this piece on Elf Detection 101 struck me as rather intriguing.
I also came across “Tag, You’re It“, which reminded me of the G-Block presentation on “The Human Circus”.
And finally, a piece that is [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Language, Natural Sciences on Feb 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
Reading recommendations:
Slate asks Who should pay for in vitro fertilization?, a question that has arisen as part of the recent octuplets controversy. Also related to some of the presentation topics (e.g. “Synthetic Biology”) we have seen in class is another Slate article, which considers the the bad uses of good technology.
I would also like to recommend [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Media, Natural Sciences on Feb 16th, 2009 3 Comments »
A Modern-Day Gattaca: “A Baby, Please. Freckles, Blond, Hold the Colic”
Fallen Soldiers, Coming Home in Public:…From our discussion in F-period today, a real-life example of a current discussion on how certain images – or the lack thereof – in media outlets can shape our views.
Plastic Surgery Confidential
Textual Misconduct: What to do about teens and their [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Human Sciences on Feb 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Lisa Belkins raises the question“How many children is too many?” on her blog, providing a link to a first interview with the mother, Nadya Suleman. The blog entry itself was posted only a couple of hours ago, but the comments from readers are multiplying by the minute, which seems to suggest how strongly the public [...]
Posted in Emotion, Human Sciences, Natural Sciences, Religion on Dec 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
I am on a roll… posting, just in case you are planning to stay up late tomorrow night and get bored at some point.
Anyhow: An NYT article on how religious belief and piety promote self-control.
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Natural Sciences on Dec 30th, 2008 No Comments »
I don´t think I yet posted this article, which has been up on Slate for some ten days.
And since you probably weren´t paying much attention to such issues in your pre-ToK time, here are some more articles:
First Face Transplant Carried Out in France (November 2005) – also check the links to articles on the top [...]
Posted in Emotion on Dec 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
A BBC article echoes our reading of “The Universal Language”, detailing recent research on the innateness of facial expressions connected to particular emotions: “Smiles and scowls ´in our genes´”.
Posted in Emotion, Science, Sense Perception on Dec 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Fascinating scientific research on blindsight, “the native ability to sense things using the brain’s primitive, subcortical — and entirely subconscious — visual system” – read about it here.
Posted in Emotion, Religion on Dec 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
If you have been reading the news, you might be aware of the recent ’shoe-throwing incident’. I don’t want to go into the politics of that, but we can learn something about cultural practices and beliefs from it. Slate nicely does us the favour of listing the significance of shoes and feet across a range [...]
Posted in Emotion, Language, Technology on Dec 9th, 2008 No Comments »
The computer mouse is celebrating its fortieth birthday. Seems hard to believe, doesn’t it? The BBC also published another article, detailing the technological advances ever since the mouse was invented – it’s gone from wood mouse to touch pad. At this point in time computer developers are working with so-called “gestural computer mechanisms like touch [...]
Posted in Emotion, Natural Sciences on Dec 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
An interesting article reporting on scientific research on animals and emotion:
“Studies Show Dogs Have a Sense of Fairness”
I had to chuckle when reading about the monkeys going on strike. (-:
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Natural Sciences, Psychology on Dec 4th, 2008 No Comments »
I thought I should find you some more articles that might inspire one or the other journal entry and hopped over to Slate, which is always a good place to find something ToKish. A new article, entitled
Obama in Your Heart, yet again discusses emotion. A few days ago, I also came across a discussion on [...]
Posted in Emotion, Natural Sciences on Nov 30th, 2008 No Comments »
….discussing, in part, the genetics of emotions and to what extent they can also be controlled:
The Cool Factor: Never Let Them See You Sweat
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Religion, Science, Uncategorized on Nov 26th, 2008 No Comments »
California’s Proposition 8
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Language, Natural Sciences, Reason on Nov 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
When discussing inductive reasoning in the natural sciences in F-period today, I mentioned an experiment I had read about the other day on certain types of sea sponges that conduct light to their interior. Interestingly, the article even mentions that the experiment was based on previous observations.
I also happened to stumble across another article with [...]
Posted in Emotion, Natural Sciences, Sense Perception on Nov 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
“The Unappreciated, Holding Our Lives in Balance (“Sensory Heroes”)”: Related to Sense Perception.
“What? Me Biased?”: Links to a test that allows you to determine your unconscious bias.
“Fly Me to Deity”: An article on science and religion, reflection on the first space (unmanned) space mission to the moon by a nation that worships the satellite as [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Language on Oct 30th, 2008 No Comments »
BBC article: “Me and My Swastika”
“Me and My Swastika” – audio report (29 min)
Swastika on Wikipedia- The section on what the symbol signifies in different religions is particularly interesting.
“The Origin of the Swastika”
Posted in Emotion, Reason on Oct 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I have been meaning to post this article “Well, Excuuuuuse Meee! (Why Humans Are So Quick to Take Offense)” for a while – finally, here it is!
Posted in Emotion, Human Sciences on Oct 13th, 2008 No Comments »
I don’t know whether or not you are following the elections in the US. Last week, there were reports of John McCain being booed at one of his own rallies when he stated that Obama was a decent man and that he would fight against him “with respect”. Today, Slate posted an article reflecting [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Math on Oct 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Since we are studying emotions at the moment, I thought this article would be perfect for sharing with you:
Babies Know Happy from Sad Songs
And here is one quite unrelated to our current studies, but still worth reading:
Mathematical Beauty
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Religion on Oct 4th, 2008 No Comments »
MSNCB posted a very discussable article today about “parents…peeved about yoga”:
Yoga at School Causes Stress among Some
The article is quite interesting – but please don’t dismiss it as “nonsense” right away. Rather, try to consider why some people might find yoga inappropriate to be taught at school. What WoKs are relevant here? And which AoKs [...]
