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Kodak No.1 Circular Snapshots - a set on Flickr
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he Kodak camera was the invention of
an American, George Eastman (1854-1932).
It was a simple, leather-covered wooden
box – small and light enough to be held
in the hands. Taking a photograph with
the Kodak was very easy, requiring only
three simple actions; turning the key
(to wind on the film); pulling the
string (to set the shutter); and
pressing the button (to take the
photograph). There wasn’t even a
viewfinder - the camera was simply
pointed in the direction of the subject
to be photographed. The Kodak produced
circular snapshots, two and a half
inches in diameter.
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Mixing Memory: What, If Anything, Can Evolutionary Stories Tell Us About Human Cognition?
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In other words, evolutionary psychology is a paradigm that will allow us to understand the mind. Moreover, it is a paradigm designed to replace the naive paradigm that has dominated the psychological sciences since the days of William James. The paradigm approaches problems of the mind with 5 principles, which Cosmides and Tooby claim come from biology:
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Principle 1. The brain is a physical system. It functions as a computer. Its circuits are designed to generate behavior that is appropriate to your environmental circumstances.
Principle 2. Our neural circuits were designed by natural selection to solve problems that our ancestors faced during our species' evolutionary history.
Principle 3. Consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg; most of what goes on in your mind is hidden from you. As a result, your conscious experience can mislead you into thinking that our circuitry is simpler that it really is. Most problems that you experience as easy to solve are very difficult to solve -- they require very complicated neural circuitry.
Principle 4. Different neural circuits are specialized for solving different adaptive problems.
Principle 5. Our modern skulls house a stone age mind.
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Mixing Memory: Has Evolutionary Psychology Been Demolished? A Review of Buller, Chapter 4
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broader sense, includes any psychology that takes evolution seriously, or includes evolutionary considerations in its explanations of psychological phenomena. The second, which is generally associated with Leda Cosmides, John Tooby, David Buss, and Steven Pinker, includes only those evolutionary psychologists who adhere to a certain set of tenets, including massive modularity, assumptions about the "environment of evolutionary adaptedness" (or the EEA), and a belief that the modern mind evolved in the EEA. To distinguish this second sense from the first, I will use Buller's convention or referring to it with capital letters (Evolutionary Psychology, Evolutionary Psychologists), and using only lowercase letters for the first sense.
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Evolutionary psychology controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Criticisms of inherited/"modular" psychological traits
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particular behavioral traits are hereditary
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Top 10 Bizarre But True Drugs And Their Effects - Listverse
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No, it is not an alcohol made from salamanders, but rather from what they produce. Salamander brandy obviously can’t be found in your local liquor store. It is non-commercially produced in Slovenia. There are at least two ways of making it - both of which involve animal cruelty: (1) The salamanders are hung from their back legs, and brandy is poured onto their bodies, and drips into a cup. (2) The salamander is placed on a sieve, and brandy is poured onto them until they drown. The point of this is to infuse the alcohol with the poison salamanders produce when they are defending themselves. Nonetheless, it is said to produce symptoms like LCD and Ecstasy combined, in addition to the effects of the alcohol (although, the alcohol content is particularly low)!
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30 Rock – “The Natural Order” « Cultural Learnings
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“TWIST!” is really fun to yell out loud, and I enjoyed both Tracy and Liz using it at different points in the episode; it wasn’t quite the level of connectivity I like to see, but it was a nice way to add an element of consistency at the very least.
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Loved seeing Steve Buscemi pop up in a brief cameo as Jack’s P.I. of choice: especially enjoyed his “No, I’m just taking a photography class” and that he rode off on a bicycle. I thought his Emmy nomination for the role the first time around was patently ridiculous, but I can’t lie in noting it’s a fun character.
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- Our moral compass is not just broken it’s smashed to smithereens. Too bad we couldn’t keep it - Benjamin Franklin had so much hope for us. Change the outside of something all you like -it matters not one bit- if nothing changes on the inside then it’s only cosmetics and not truly change.
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- Our moral compass is not just broken it’s smashed to smithereens. Too bad we couldn’t keep it - Benjamin Franklin had so much hope for us. Change the outside of something all you like -it matters not one bit- if nothing changes on the inside then it’s only cosmetics and not truly change.
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Francis Crick's discovery of DNA helix while on LSD
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Nobel
Prize genius Crick was high on LSD
when he discovered the secret of life -
'Dick Kemp told me he met Francis Crick at Cambridge.
Crick had told him that some Cambridge academics used
LSD in tiny amounts as a thinking tool, to liberate them
from preconceptions and let their genius wander freely
to new ideas. Crick told him he had perceived the double-helix
shape while on LSD.
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exh:b:t:on of words and sounds
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Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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What would you do today if the world would end tomorrow?
>watching the sunset, a glass of whiskey in one hand, a joint in the other.<
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Bouncing Bear Botanicals
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If you came here trying to learn about Salvia, you'll probably be interested in the other Entheogens, of which Salvia is just one of hundreds. Entheogens are plants commonly used in
Shamanic practices. They are usually referred to as "hallucinogenic" or "the new drug threatening your kids" by the media. But as scary as they are to the media and the government, they have actually been used for thousands of years by humans all over the world. Entheogens are the basis of just about every religion ever seen in the world
including Christianity and may very well be at least partially responsible for much of human evolution as well as civilization.
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Emile M. Cioran Quotes
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For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.
Emile M. Cioran
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:: The Playlist ::: The 60 Most Anticipated Films Of 2009
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Jennifer's Body" – 20th Century Fox - Dir. Karyn Kusama
Synopsis: A popular but demoniacally possessed teenager (Megan Fox) starts to kill off her high school classmates. Can her nerdy best friend (Amanda Seyfried) thwart her and stop the Satan-worshipping emo rock band responsible for the horrible transformation?
What You Need To Know: Diablo Cody's follow-up script to "Juno" is a wickedly arch homage to the dark teen sarcasm of "Heathers" and adolescent horror films, but puts the power into the opposite gender for once. The script is a super funny read, replete with Cody-ism sure to annoy some, but how can you not like the idea of Adam Brody as Satantic leader of an anthemic emo rock band? Now if only Kusama doesn't fuck it up like some reports have already suggested she has. And note: there might be no nude boobs.
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Adventureland" – Miramax - Dir. Greg Mottola
Synopsis: On the verge of college, an erudite middle class teenager has to trade in his European summer dreams for a soul-crushing job at an Adventureland in Long Island.
What You Need To Know: Mottola's "'Superbad" follow-up shows quite a bit of promise on all fronts: a great script from Mottola, a score by Yo La Tengo, an interesting cast (Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Reynolds, and Martin Starr), and an eclectic and wistfully nostalgic soundtrack (The Replacements, The Smiths, and Lou Reed, just to name a few). Could this be this year's "Rushmore"? The tone in the trailer might be way goofier, but the dramedy's screenplay has plenty of unexpected heart and soul and while hilarious, possesses a melancholy undercurrent as wistful as any script we've ever read.
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The Informant" – Warner Bros. - Dir. Stephen Soderbergh
What You Need To Know: Finding time to make another film between the epic "Che," the intriguingly WTF 3D rock opera "Cleo," and the down and dirty "Girlfriend Experience" (see below), Soderbergh teams up again with the "Ocean's" trilogy rat-packer Matt Damon for what some are handicapping as "The Insider" set in the agriculture industry. Based on a true story, Damon stars as a bi-polar FBI informant who acted both as whistleblower and part of the problem, embezzling money from his company amidst a larger price-fixing scandal. Fans of "Erin Brockovich" can expect Soderbergh's blend of dry humor and engrossing drama, while Damon's fans can expect to barely recognize him with the extra pounds and 'stache. -
"Public Enemies" – Universal - Dir. Michael Mann
Synopsis: Notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd, take on the Feds in the 1930s.
What You Need To Know: In a recent Entertainment Weekly piece, co-star Johnny Depp said his character, John Dillinger, was "...like Charlie Chaplin and Evel Knievel...I was fascinated with [him] at a young age." If you think Depp's childhood interest in Dillinger bodes well for "Enemies," than all that's left for you to do is forgive Mann for "Miami Vice" and find your way to the nearest theater in July. Christian Bale adds to his growing slate of post "Dark Knight" projects, playing Melvin Purvis, the federal agent in pursuit of Dillinger. Rounding out the stellar cast is Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, among a slew of others, making "Enemies" come off as a promising cross between the epic crime drama of "Heat" and the detailed reverence of "Ali." Could be a welcome change from the usual nonsense that comes at the apex of the summer season. -
"Broken Embraces" - Sony Pictures Classics - Pedro Almodovar
Synopsis: A four-person love story that "touches on many genres," including thriller.
What You Need To Know: Almodovar's 10th SPC film starring his perennial muse Penelope Cruz will be shot in the style of 1950s American film noir. It will also feature Almodovar mainstays/Spanish acting vets Lluis Homar and Blanca Portillo. "Volver" was tremendous, so we can't wait for his return. Longtime collaborator Alberto Iglesias ("Che") is on music duty.
Release Date: Fall '09
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