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Why we're so good at recognizing music – Culture – International Herald Tribune

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“You hear only one note, and you already know who it is,” he said. “So what I want to know is: how we do this? Why are we so good at recognizing music?” Short on science but long on interest, this article explores the work of Daniel Levitin, a cognitive psychologist at McGill University. Link […]

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File under DUH: Obese kids more likely to have low self-esteem

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Wow, stunning. Obese children, particularly girls, may be more likely than their peers to suffer from low self-esteem, research shows. Feel free to leave your own follow-up research project ideas. Personally, I’m gunning for the lucrative “people who consume alcohol get drunk more often than teetotalers” NIH funds.[via Reuters ] (?!?!)

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Christmas in Chelsea

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Let’s hit the major stuff. What’d you do? Not a damn thing. J– and I stayed home, no family, no friends, just us and the pets. We got up on time and opened presents (more later), had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and then farted around all day. For dinner, we made a prime rib using […]

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Get Raped in Second Life

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No, seriously. This time it’s not trading real money for fake property or fleecing some media company into opening a bureau in the game. Nope, this time it’s honest-to-simulated-God avatar rape. You even get of a Choose Your Own Deviant Sexual Adventure feel as well. There’s Victim, Rapist, or Participant, where you get to help, […]

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Second Life Sucks – Someone Calls BS

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Clay Shirky pegs the issue with the graphically-awful, over-hyped, socially-devoid virtual life that is Second Life. Finally, the current mania is largely push-driven. Many of the articles concern “The first person/group/organization in Second Life to do X”, where X is something like have a meeting or open a store — it’s the kind of stuff […]