January 2012
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Aaron Swartz - On Intellectual Dishonesty →
chitownblues: carlsensei: Science has a higher standard. It’s not just between you and your employer, it’s a claim to posterity. And you might be wrong, but what if you’re not around for posterity to call you up and ask you to show your work? That’s why intellectual honesty requires you show your work in advance, so that others can see if you’re missing something. Good epistemology requires...
Dec 31st
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New York Times - India's boom creates openings for... →
“I’ve gone from village to palace,” said Khade, using his favorite phrase to describe his remarkable journey from the son of an illiterate cobbler in the 1960s to a wealthy business partner of Arab sheiks. “This is a golden period for Dalits,” said Chandra Bhan Prasad, a Dalit activist and researcher who has championed capitalism among the untouchables. “Because of the new market economy,...
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Dec 28th
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New York Times - A Large Side of Drama at Waffle... →
Even after the two burglary suspects were arrested in August and detained in Shelby County, Ala., where they are awaiting trial, Waffle House has been linked to one bizarre story after another, raising the question: Does Waffle House attract more news than other establishments, or does news receive extra attention when it happens at Waffle House?
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Warp, Weft, and Way - Social Media and Confucian... →
In a guest post, Wong Pak Hang suggests that Confucianism and Facebook are incompatible. I’m not sure I’d go that far, but it’s worth thinking about how these things are ruining our lives.
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Tiny Cartridge - Lay of the 3D Land →
Via tinycartridge, a look at the role of Super Mario 3D Land in the ecosystem of the 3DS. 3D Land is a great game by the way. If you own a system, you owe it to yourself to buy a copy.
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Aaron Swartz - On Intellectual Dishonesty →
Science has a higher standard. It’s not just between you and your employer, it’s a claim to posterity. And you might be wrong, but what if you’re not around for posterity to call you up and ask you to show your work? That’s why intellectual honesty requires you show your work in advance, so that others can see if you’re missing something. Good epistemology requires good ethics.
Dec 20th
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Dec 18th
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Matt Yglesias - Teaching Kids To Help Others →
Responding to my argument that you should give money to emergency food organizations rather than giving them a bunch of random canned goods you bought at retail markup, Ron Lieber at the New York Times says: There is part of me that loves the pure rationality here. But here’s what you miss when you make this all about the money: the opportunity to teach. For a child, for...
Dec 18th
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