Psychology
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Friday, January 6th, 2012I love to read Nature magazine. It’s probably my favorite of all publications. On their website, I stumbled upon an article that many people are likely to be interested in. Though I’ve heard about this years ago, scientists can now implant electrodes into a person’s brain (subcallosal cingulate to be exact), and by artificially [...]
The Music Of Biological Xerox Machines
Sunday, December 4th, 2011When I was a teenager, I used to watch a lot of MTV and listen to the radio. I’d go play basketball in the recreation center and inside, the radio would be playing music from Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls, and Third Eye Blind. Good memories and good times! I’d spend hours in the [...]
Faithfulness In Relationships
Friday, July 8th, 2011In a recent post entitled All Attractive Men Are Scum?, I complained about a news article’s claim that a man’s capability to commit to a relationship is genetically determined. I argued that the studies in the article fail to take into account the environment, and that a person’s character shouldn’t be judged until you actually [...]
All Attractive Men Are Scum?
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011The other day I went online to read the news and came across an article entitled Why Women Shouldn’t Pick Attractive Husbands. After I finished reading this article, I sat back in my chair in disgust. First we’re told how terrible Anthony Weiner is, the Congressman who sent pictures of his penis to attractive women [...]
Augmented Reality Is Awesome
Saturday, June 18th, 2011Advances in computer vision are leading to some really interesting possibilities. In my Space, Time, and the Mind posts I mentioned that I was going to teach you all how you can go from 2D images to a 3D environment. Sony has developed an augmented reality (“AR”) application allowing them to do just this. In [...]
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