June 2012
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Jun 30th
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“There’s a jerk inside all of us: we roll our eyes when someone in line has a...”
– The Snarky Voice in Your Head Is Killing Your Productivity; Here’s How to Stop It (via wilwheaton) So by all accounts stated within, making little cry baby noises at this article probably makes me a tiny bit cynical. And you know what? That’s fantastic, to a degree (if I don’t clarify...
Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
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Jun 27th
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Jun 27th
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Jun 25th
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"Supreme Court says states may not impose... →
The divided SCOTUS (5-4 ruling) decided that mandatory life without parole sentences - or death in prison, is cruel and unusual punishment for juveniles, and as such, a violation of the 8th amendment. “Our decisions rested not only on common sense — on what ‘any parent knows’ — but on science and social science as well,” Kagan wrote… Although this is a step forward for officially...
Jun 25th
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Jun 24th
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Jun 19th
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Jun 19th
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Jun 19th
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“Differences of opinion among psychiatrists when testifying in open court are, of...”
– In re: Milton T. ROSENFIELD, Petitioner The opinion of the court was delivered by: HOLTZOFF, 1957
Jun 16th
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Jun 16th
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Jun 14th
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Jun 14th
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Jun 13th
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Jun 12th
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Jun 12th
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“So what is smart? My brother knows a lot of things. But, I have to tell you,...”
– Daniel Coffeen on “What is Smart” (via highwaterline) This is what matters to me.
Jun 11th
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"Increased frontotemporal activation during pain... →
Sexual sadism is a psychiatric disorder in which sexual pleasure is derived from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others. While the psychological and forensic aspects of sexual sadism have been well characterized, little is known about the neurocognitive circuitry associated with the disorder. Sexual sadists show increased peripheral sexual arousal when observing other individuals...
Jun 11th
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“We may not always know exactly why we do what we do, choose what we choose, or...”
– The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone — Especially Ourselves, Dan Ariely (via littlebirdexpress)
Jun 10th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 8th
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The Neuroethics Blog's Question of the Month →
Asked: Who is to blame when a brain tumor is found to be related to uncontrolled urges of paedophilia? “The sudden and uncontrollable paedophilia exhibited by a 40-year-old man was caused by an egg-sized brain tumour, his doctors have told a scientific conference. And once the tumour had been removed, his sex-obsession disappeared.” A brain tumor was found to be related to his urges...
Jun 7th
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Jun 7th
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“If all the world is a stage, then the world is also a theater of cruelty in a...”
– Max Horkheimer quoting Donatien Alphonse François de Sade in Dialectic of Enlightenment.
Jun 7th
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“…Future work should investigate the neural substrates that support...”
– Gray, K., Waytz, A., & Young, L. (2012). The Moral Dyad: A Fundamental Template Unifying Moral Judgment. Psychological Inquiry, (26), 206-215. Dear PI….please?
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