February 2012
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“Anyone can talk about teaching Creationism as a scientific theory or advocate...”
– 10 Science Policies We Wish the Government Would Enforce.
Great little thought experiments from io9. I particularly like this one.
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“Art, along with mythic narrative, may thus be seen as a working out in formal...”
– Fredric Jameson- The Prison-House of Language (via tea-and-swashbuckling). I absolutely love this quote.
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A woman in San Francisco is accused of pirating a... →
theadamglass:
It’ll be interesting how this pans out, since she seems to probably be right. Copyright is designed (and Constitutionally defined) “to promote the progress of science and the useful arts” (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause 8). Hard Drive, the company making the copyright claim against her based on it’s claim that Ms. Wong or someone on her computer torrented a movie called “Amateur Allure...
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“When a psychologist or psychiatrist testifies during a defendant’s competency...”
– Dressing Psychiatrists Like Wizards on the Witness Stand.
I don’t really know if this says something about the lawmaker’s opinion regarding psychologists, or if it has more to do with his opinion of expert witnesses. Either way, pretty crazy story.
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“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the...”
– Calif. same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional - The Washington Post.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. The ruling is super specific, so it’ll be interesting to see what effect it will have long-term and outside of California. But it’s good to have an appellate court...
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Skrillex Drops the Bass in Manhattan →
perpetua:
I reviewed Skrillex’s show last night for Rolling Stone. It was pretty awesome! I mostly wrote about the bass drops, which are extremely impressive and exciting in the live context.
I am very interested in the theory behind bass drops. I am glad to see someone acknowledge their thrillingness in the live context, but I’d argue that they are just as impressive in the context of a...
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