Category Archives: Words

tedPAD – create millions of amazing and really bad TED talks

But if you’re creative and determined enough, you can see the beauty sink in once you take the time. Then all of a sudden it becomes easy for the brain to consider that it is mutating all the time. How … Continue reading

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UC-Santa Cruz scientist coordinated project that reveals Neanderthal-human liaisons – San Jose Mercury News

The possibility of cave-based canoodling has long tantalized scientists. What is it about Cro-Magnon/Neatherthal sex that causes writers to go so prissy?

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Turing test for Kant

Our faculties, for example, are the mere results of the power of our knowledge, a blind but indispensable function of the soul, and the Ideal, in reference to ends, is just as necessary as the thing in itself. The Ideal … Continue reading

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Bizspeak, an occasional series

Visionary Out of touch with reality; not hands-on Proactive Ignoring existing problems in order to focus on non-problems, for which the continued existence as such may be credited to foresight. Nimble Slippery, unable to pin down Agile Running scared Core … Continue reading

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Proverbs, an occassional series

Life A series of events that occur prior to the time that one pays attention.

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Biz speak, an occasional series

Sell To obtain a commission for arranging the transfer of money in exchange for an unneeded commodity at an unaffordable price. Market To induce an occasion to sell.

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‘Epistemic Closure?’ Those Are Fighting Words for Conservatives – NYTimes.com

… in the last few years, ‘epistemic closure’ had become much worse among ‘the intelligentsia of the conservative movement.’ The Buckley tradition finds itself naturally much discomfited by the direction in which their chosen political organization is headed, toward becoming … Continue reading

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Bizspeak, an occasional series

We are proactively dialoging in partnership with concerned stakeholders. Translation: We have identified enemy positions and we are working to neutralize them. We are seeking buy-in Translation:Their lips say yes but their eyes say no. At the end of the … Continue reading

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Ann Coulter went home : Macleans OnCampus

‘We came together because we’re angry about the fact that Ann Coulter’s views risked being exposed on our campus,’ said University of Ottawa student Mike Fancie.’ Those touchy Canadians come roaring out of their hinterlands to harass the Bad Girl … Continue reading

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Political Memo – G.O.P. Faces Drawbacks of United Stand on Health Bill – NYTimes.com

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