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The Corpus Callosum is an occasional journal of armchair musings, by a suburban, reality-based, slightly-left-of-center guy, who reserves the right to be highly irregular at times. Topics: social commentary, neuroscience, politics, science news. Mission: to develop connections between hard science and social science, using linear thinking and intuition; and to explore the relative merits of spontaneity vs. strategy.
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In general, I try to be respectful of cultural groups, even ones that are rather aberrant. Somehow, though, I find it exceedingly difficult to muster any sympathy or respect for Scientology. By now, you probably have heard that Scientologists were...
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IEEE reports that chicken feathers are superior to carbon nanotubes: Scientists at the University of Delaware say that carbonized chicken feathers could be a cheap way to store hydrogen for fuel cells. According to chemical engineering professor Richard Wool, the...
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This is good. Indeed, it may qualify as the type specimen (holotype) of snark. From The New Yorker: It's So Obvious From Avi Zenilman, online news editor, The New Yorker: Do you think the right is upset about President...
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AnnArbor.com (HT: Edward Vielmetti) has a youtube time-lapse video at the Ann Arbor Art Fairs. Get the whole thing, compressed into 177 seconds: This probably is the very best way to experience it. I still remember going to the first...
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It has come to my attention that Kalamazoo is on the map, again. The last time was is 1942, when the Glen Miller Orchestra played I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo (lyrics). Now, Ratebeer.com has included TWO Kalamazoo beers on...
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Our man in Chicago turned me on to Charlie Stross. Little did I know, Stross' writings have become something of a sensation in the academic world. One of the first blogs I read was Crooked Timber. I think it was...
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Land's End sells white coats. The kind that doctors wear. I got an email hawking Land's End stuff. Promising big savings. So I notice this: Anyway, I looked at the image of the coat. I imagined myself putting it...
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Cat Power is pretty cool. Like What Would the Community Think. Music such as this has a long tail. It is the nature of cat power....
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This is one of those things that take a minute to figure out if it is serious, or a parody. Block African witchcraft curses against McCain and Palin NOW! Jim Bramlett Sep 28 2008 04:12PM Dear friends: THIS IS...
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This one is illustrated. The photos speak for themselves. Source It'll work about as well as the Paulson-Bernanke plan. ...
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