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19 Jun 08

Christian Hubert - Hypertext Encyclopedia of Scientific Terms/Ideas

encyclopedia of scientific terms and their critical or philosophical dimensions like developments in science (chao theory, complex systems studies, theoretical biology) and some related philosophical writings

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09 Jun 08

Of Two Minds When Making a Decision: Scientific American

We may make snap judgments, or mull things carefully. Possibly two kinds of thought: intuitive, based on past experience; and rational, rule-based, to evaluate intuition or come into play when decisions are difficult.

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25 May 08

Invictus: A blog on U.S. Politics and the Fight Against Torture

Valtin, psychologist and key writer in anti-torture activism in US, has own blog here and also on DailyKos, where he details fights inside American Psychological Association against its current stance.

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Daily Kos: FBI & American Psych. Association Attack Patient Confidentiality

chilling report about 2002 conference FBI held with behavioral psychologists, prefiguring much of US interrogration practice to come

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NewsNow: Torture

extensive set of web links on torture; international; kept up to date

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PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR AN ETHICAL APA

protest site for those appalled by APA policy statement that did not condemn psychologists' working to construct interrogation techniques at Guantanamo or for CIA; a large political movement in US, related also to medical participation in Holocaust

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Rorschach and Awe: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

U.S. coercive interrogation methods were reverse-engineered by two C.I.A. psychologists who had spent their careers training U.S. soldiers to endure Communist-style torture techniques.

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Detainee Interrogations, Psychologists, & Other Health Care Professionals

Kenneth S. Pope resigned APA over policy on psychologists participating in the planning or implementation of detainee interrogation. Here is his important, long bibliography on topic.

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American Scientist Online - Douglas R. Hofstadter

interview with author of I Am a Strange Loop, about what "I" means to us humans in age of cyborgs.

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The Web Habits of Highly Effective People | Online Only | Granta

Ask everyone you know what their web habits are: it reveals a lot you won't have known before, about them and about Internet use. Here some authors and folks in publishing talk about what they do, with links.

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23 May 08

Reading Online--A Tale of Differences: Comparing the Traditions, Perspectives, and Educational Goals of Critical Reading and Critical Literacy

compares two approaches to reading critically on the Internet, and how to teach that skill; "education is always a contextually situated, socially constructed, ideological practice"

www.readingonline.org/...art_index.asp - Preview

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Dan Froomkin - White House Torture Advisers - washingtonpost.com

key news story: starting in spring 02, top admin. officials, including Cheney, Tenet, Ashcroft, Rice, met as a group and discussed all interrogation techniques in detail, including demos from CIA.

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19 May 08

Ban on hybrid embryos and saviour siblings fails | Science | guardian.co.uk

liberal reproductive and embryo legislation; I am not sure about saviour siblings, having a baby for sake of surgically saving another child; embryo ok, but more than that? a heavy existential burden for all

www.guardian.co.uk/...health.health - Preview

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18 May 08

YouTube - Being an Unperson

surprising and profound video essay from self-advocate for people with cognitive disabilities; make sure to see all videos in this series; contribution to autobiographical media

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17 May 08

parameters of science

a survey of almost every aspect of science from the largest to smallest dimensions; brief explanations, definitions, many illustrations; very clearly written

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14 May 08

"Gagging librarians is horrendous." The Internet V. FBI: Net Wins - John Battelle's Searchblog

"The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn a secret demand that the Internet Archive, an online library, provide the agency with a user's personal information after the Web site challenged the records request in court. "

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12 May 08

www.theory.org.uk Resources: Anthony Giddens

A brief introduction to Giddens' general approach, plus more detail on his ideas about self, gender and identity in modern societies; great mother site for culture and media theory

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15 Apr 08

Andrea Polli: graduate course in audio production: sound environments

How does one define music, sound, noise, and silence; the social and political functions of these elements? Useful paths for both producers and listeners. Good online resources and links, stimulating ideas.

www.andreapolli.com/...huntersoundenv.html - Preview

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Soundscape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

a good place to begin with key terms and good links; historically, audio has taken on new interest with new modes of production and dissemination, and lots of DIY possibilities; clean audio recording takes effort still

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