Links for 01-11-2006
Machiavellian intelligence theory, more Second Life business, the most dangerous song in the world, rewiring monkey brains, NASA to fix up Hubble after all…
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“I’m slightly embarrassed that I’ve created such a crude, raw prototype of a diagram, but really, I’m repairing my ignorance as fast as I can.” Pictorial evidence of Bruce Sterling’s thinking processes.
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“Elevated levels of cortisol — a stress hormone linked to depression, obesity and other health problems when chronic — actually cue the body on a day-to-day basis that it is time to rev up to deal with loneliness and other negative experiences…”
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“…research supports the ‘Machiavellian intelligence’ hypothesis, which suggests that competition at a social level – and the ability to manipulate others for personal gain – is what drove an explosive increase in brain size and cognitive abilities…”
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“The idea that there is a community of Second Life residents that are somehow separate from people who live in the real world is one that will have to go out the window if the virtual world continues to grow.”
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“British tax authorities are keeping a close eye on virtual economies but are waiting for the result of a U.S. Congressional investigation before taking action, a spokesman for the UK Treasury told Reuters this week.”
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“According to the New York Times ‘Gloomy Sunday’ has caused more deaths than any other song – over a hundred suicides – leading to the song being banned in the UK, the US and France.”
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“Now that humans live 80-120 years and possibly forever, it only makes sense that relationships would evolve from the one currently acceptable model, “life-long” monogamy and the antiquated tool of political control, matrimony.”
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“…they are trying to model how information is formed in memories and how it is retrieved. Yes, itTags: links
