23 month ago
plasticbag : Steven Pinker writes on 'The Mystery of Consciousness' in Time Magazine... - The brain has an evaluative quality that—along with biochemical stimuli—causes individuals to operate in coherent ways. It should be beneficial to an individual to model other entities' behaviour. Maybe consciousness is that skill turned on
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Rod Begbie : A Screenshot of God's Inbox (from Time Magazine) [PDF] - God uses a Mac, apparently. A funny list, made funnier by details like "Jesus Baby Pictures" on the desktop. [via] #
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25 month ago
Rod Begbie : TIME.com: Borat Make Funny Joke On Idiot Americans! High-Five! - Ignore the shit headline, and you get a pretty good analysis of why Borat, Ali G, et al are so gut-wrenchingly funny to some, and just plain nasty to others. [via] #
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31 month ago
Rod Begbie : TIME.com: A Game For All Ages - Time Magazine preview of the Wii. I'm positively giddy at the potential for a Wario Warez game with that controller. [via] #
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