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The stupidity of torture 
dangardner via Citizen Katzenjammer on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
The evil of torture should be clear to anyone with a functioning conscience, but far too many observers have managed to convince themselves that torture in a struggle against evil is acceptable. I don't think any argument will convince them otherwise. The human brain is a powerful rationalizer.
But the stupidity of torture may be another matter.
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Doing research on the Web: New teaching tool pushes students to analyze online materials
(unknown author) via EurekAlert! - Social and Behav on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
(North Carolina State University) Students doing research for their classes are increasingly turning to online resources, which raises concerns among many academic instructors who have questions about the quality of material found on the Internet. However, research co-authored by North Carolina State University's Dr. Susan Miller-Cochran offers a teaching approach that addresses the problem
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Lawyer Type (2)
Simon Fodden via Slaw on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Some time back I wrote about typefaces and why lawyers might want to care about which face they put forward. Of course, the choice of typeface isn’t the only aspect of the print world (whether on paper or in pixels) of interest: how the text is laid out is an obviously important feature affecting readability, one element of which I want
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NYT on Guantánamo "Nothing has been more damaging to the United States than the violation of the legal principles at the heart of the American idea."
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Today's NYT has an op-ed by Roger Cohen giving thanks that our next president is a constitutional lawyer.
Of the 770 detainees grabbed here and there and flown to Guantánamo, only 23 have ever been charged with a crime. Of the more than 500 so far released, many traumatized by those “enhanced” techniques, not one has received an apology or compensation for their season in hell.
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Procrastinating Again? How to Kick the Habit: Scientific American
(unknown author) via www.sciam.com on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Instead of measuring personality traits and solving formulas, some researchers prefer to tease out the psychology behind the behavior. Two key elements in the urge to let projects slide are an uneasy feeling about an activity and a desire to avoid that discomfort. “A procrastinator says, ‘I feel lousy about a task,’” Pychyl explains, “and thus walks away to feel better.” Psychologis
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Dealing with poverty
(unknown author) via www.canada.com on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
The most news and entertainment portal from a Canadian perspective. Television, major newspapers across Canada, health, sport, entertainment, lifestyle, free email and more.
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Let Me Google That For You Passive-Aggressively Helps your Friends [Tech Support]
Jackson West via Lifehacker on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
If you're a power searcher, or other people think you are, and you're getting tired of constant requests for answers to questions that a quick Google search would provide, try Let me google that for you. Enter a search te
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Government Letter Scam Targeting Canadians
Connie Crosby via Slaw on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Add this one to our long list of scams: some Canadians have received letters (both by email and Canada Post) supposedly from the Canada Revenue Agency
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Improv Everywhere welcomes strangers arriving at JFK airport
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
File under I love the human race: Improv Everywhere welcomes strangers arriving at JF
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Google Flu Trends: A Glimpse into the Future of Google Health
(unknown author) via ReadWriteWeb on Tue, 11 Nov. 2008
It stands to reason that people who are "starting to come down with something" often take the opportunity to search for information on what ails them, even before they discuss their symptoms with a healthcare professional. Who gets more of those se
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Joyful music may promote heart health
(unknown author) via EurekAlert! - Social and Behav on Tue, 11 Nov. 2008
(University of Maryland Medical Center) Listening to your favorite music may be good for your cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have shown for the first time that the emotions aroused by joyful music have a healthy effect on blood vessel function.
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You're Stretching Wrong Before Workouts [Exercise]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Sat, 08 Nov. 2008
We all know that you're supposed to get in a good, long stretch before a workout, right? Unfortunately most of our commonly held beliefs regarding stretching are dead wrong, according to the New York Times—at least in the way you may be doing it.
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The Evil Pleasure
Robin Hanson via Overcoming Bias on Tue, 04 Nov. 2008
Pascal Boyer in Nature on religion:
One important finding is that people are only aware of some of their religious beliefs. ... For instance, experiments reveal that most people entertain highly anthropom
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Crafty Crafty: Transform an old purse with googly eyes
(unknown author) via www.craftycrafty.tv on Mon, 03 Nov. 2008
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It doesn't have to be a purse.
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globeandmail.com: My boyfriend thinks my costume is too slutty
(unknown author) via www.theglobeandmail.com on Fri, 31 Oct. 2008
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thought-provoking advice.
I don't care what age you are, sister. Work it! Own it! Shake it! Be it! After all, that's what it's all about, isn't it? Shedding the shackles of your regular 364-days-a-year identity and becoming, for a night, something else?
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I am a comittee, chaired by a hedonist
(unknown author) via Mind Hacks on Sat, 25 Oct. 2008
Psychologist Paul Bloom has written a wonderfully eclectic article for The Atlantic magazine about the psychology of pleasure
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Pentagon requests robots packs to hunt humans
vaughan via Mind Hacks on Thu, 23 Oct. 2008
New Scientist reports on a new Pentagon request to develop a pack of robots "to search f
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Blame the Patient
John M. Grohol, Psy.D. via World of Psychology on Tue, 21 Oct. 2008
When a patient or client isn’t doing better in psychotherapy, sometimes a therapist may fall back onto that old familiar refrain, “Well, the patient just isn’t doing the work. He’s to blame for his lack of progress in getting better.”
Dr. Richard Friedman describes this strategy in a thoughtful article in yesterday’s New York Times. It’s not uncommon for a psychot
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