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 Language, Natural Sciences on May 26th, 2009 3 Comments »
This is an intriguing article – a bit morbid, but worth reading (particularly for those of you interested in medicine):
Autopsies of War Dead
Language and Gender Stereotypes: Two Slate writers discuss Obama’s use of a “gendered code word” in his search for a Supreme Court nominee (Note: he just nominated Sonia Sotomayor). Such words, they argue, [...]
Posted in Ethics, Human Sciences, Media, Technology on Apr 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Here are a couple of articles I have come across in the past few days, that I thought you might find interesting:
Yes, Looks Do Matter: A social-scientific take on Susan Boyle. (If you missed all the brouhaha about Susan Boyle, check out this video.)
Twilight: The Hidden Market
I have been sort of avoiding Twilight, but this [...]
Posted in Language on Apr 7th, 2009 2 Comments »
Language as It Is Changing: An example of how language evolves over time, reflecting changes within society and culture. It is also quite striking that in this case a “date” (a year, which is approximate, but still) can be identified for the change in some dictionaries.
One related aspect you might think about is that some [...]
Posted in Religion on Dec 8th, 2008 No Comments »
As reported elsewhere, this week’s cover article in Newsweek is on gay marriage. This issue is currently a hot topic in the US, due to the passing of Proposition 8 on November 4th. The link above challenges Newsweek’s main argument, which you can read about here. I haven’t yet read the Newsweek article, nor read any [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Religion, Science, Uncategorized on Nov 26th, 2008 No Comments »
California’s Proposition 8
