http://www.channelnate.com/blog Do we still call it reblogging? Or is it just blogging? Tue, 13 May 2008 12:23:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en YouTube - Amazing Flying Helicopter - Defying The Laws Of Physics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyisg9-Mwjw Cool video of framerate and blade sync http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/05/13/youtube-amazing-flying-helicopter-defying-the-laws-of-physics/ Annals of Anthropology: Vengeance Is Ours: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker: No people has ever freely organized itself into a state in the absence of external pressure, and people have always been understandably reluctant to cede power over themselves to some other entity. http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/25/annals-of-anthropology-vengeance-is-ours-reporting-essays-the-new-yorker/ On the high horse: Why dominant individuals climb the proverbial ladder: “Our results are among the first to establish the benefits of the metaphor representation perspective for understanding personality processes,” explained Moeller, “and they specifically suggest that thinking dominantly predisposes one to see vertically.” http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/25/on-the-high-horse-why-dominant-individuals-climb-the-proverbial-ladder/ Praise as good as cash to brain: study | Science | Reuters : Zink and colleagues saw increased activity in the brain's reward center when people won money or saw their social standing rise."The processing of hierarchical information seems to be hard-wired ... underscoring how important it is for us," ... http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/24/praise-as-good-as-cash-to-brain-study-science-reuters/ The Government Is Trying to Wrap Its Mind Around Yours - washingtonpost.com: The government can't read our minds -- yet. So far, these tools simply measure changes in the brain; they don't detect thoughts and intentions.Scientists, though, are hard at work trying to decode how those signals relate to mental states ... http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/20/the-government-is-trying-to-wrap-its-mind-around-yours-washingtonpostcom/ Music Has Its Own Geometry, Researchers Find: Music Has Its Own Geometry, Researchers Find: Now, three music professors -- Clifton Callender at Florida State University, Ian Quinn at Yale University and Dmitri Tymoczko at Princeton University -- have devised a new way of analyzing and categorizing music that takes advantage of the ... http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/20/music-has-its-own-geometry-researchers-find/ Predator kill-machine pilots suffering 'chronic burnout' | The Register    : According to the report's authors, a group of US officers, "crewmembers in a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) squadron had significantly increased fatigue, emotional exhaustion, and burnout relative to traditional aircrew". The study allowed for the present very high ... http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/18/predator-kill-machine-pilots-suffering-chronic-burnout-the-register/ Google Image Result for http://www.diginfo.tv/archives/unicharm_mask.jpg: Unicharm Revamps Its Non-woven Disposable MaskUnicharm will begin marketing a revamped model of Chourittai Mask for Pollen Allergy, its proprietary non-woven disposable mask, on January 6. The new mask offers increased flexibility in the ear loops so it can fit the face properly. Three sizes ... http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/14/google-image-result-for-httpwwwdiginfotvarchivesunicharm_maskjpg/ How to Write Strong Arguments at The CreateDebate Blog: Created from an essay on how to disagree: "Graham postulates that all arguments falling below Contradiction are unconvincing. You may come across popular arguments that are intellectually dishonest." http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/08/how-to-write-strong-arguments-at-the-createdebate-blog/ Cognitive Dissonance in Monkeys - The Monty Hall Problem - New York Times: Cognitive dissonance is an interesting issue for me, since I rationalize all sorts of beliefs that seem to contradict one another. " Once we reject something, we tell ourselves we never liked it anyway (and thereby spare ... http://www.channelnate.com/blog/2008/04/08/cognitive-dissonance-in-monkeys-the-monty-hall-problem-new-york-times/