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addicted to a different kind of high
Adrenaline (Epinephrine) is a hormone which produces the so-called “fight or flight” response in human brains. Several different events can trigger the release of adrenaline:
skateboarding
coffee
falling from great heights
intense sexual activity
among several others. How many of your decisions are made under the influence of this mysterious chemical?
nuclear power and green energy
This morning I was in the bathroom when I received a call from a telemarketer. I’m not someone who’s going to deny someone who wants to sell something; I think that anyone ought to be heard out, and who knows, if what they have to sell is something that I need, I will buy it. [...]
Also posted in politics Tagged energy policy, global warming, issues, legislation, nuclear power Leave a comment
human nature?
normblog has a post highly pertinent to my interests: on the debate over nature vs. nurture in determining “human-ness”.
‘norm’ (should I know his name?) writes:
cultural determinism, in the sense of denying the reality and/or causal influence of a common human nature, has always been unsustainable. It is an absurdity. Plain facts of material life include [...]
Also posted in philosophy Tagged determinism, human nature, nature, nurture, philosophy, relativism, science Leave a comment
Visualizing Science
Information visualization is one of the buzzwords of 2009 and is definitely on the list of things I knew how to do better (with cooking, tennis, speaking french).
The “Map of Science”, developed by a team of researchers lead by Johan Bollen at the Los Alamos National Labs in my glorious home state New Mexico, [...]
Also posted in images Tagged information aesthetics, information visualization, los alamos, new mexico, science 1 Comment
on the greatest video ever made