Saturday, 20 March 2010
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Assumptions and Spin
Image courtesy Richard Bradley To be perfectly honest, gentle reader, AI gives me the yips. But every now and again, just to stir the poss...
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Fascism as a political movement exhibits four basic criteria. First, fascism it is not an ideology, but an activity. Secondly, it... -
Pic courtesy The Atlantic The media is having a field day with its coverage of the pandem... -
Two young women are apparently largely responsible for the reintroduction and spread of the Corona virus into South East Queensland. Their s...
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Completely and utterly off topic, but interesting nonetheless:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-05-09/opinion/17294721_1_self-control-experiment-human-nature
I'd heard of this before - and it is hardly a surprising result. I guess the interesting part would be the explanation for this -
"Their performance varied widely. Some broke down and rang the bell within a minute. Others lasted 15 minutes."
I'm sure it's learned skill - the army taught me that - but what part of the early upbringing of those four year-olds explains the wide variation in performance? Nature or nurture - or a combination of both? Maybe some of the kids didn't like marshmallows?
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