Forum: Diavlog comments
10-19-2010, 07:13 PM
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Re: Science Saturday: Primate Ethics
thx! life's gone crazy. hoping for some sanity soon. try to check in here when I can. For some reason, intelligent discussion does wonders to calm the nerves.
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Forum: Diavlog comments
10-19-2010, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 120
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Re: Science Saturday: Primate Ethics
Well, this is the first time I've listened to de Waal and not been irritated by him. The discussion about the "selfish" origins of empathy being separate from the manner in which humans choose to...
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
09-03-2010, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 981
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Forum: Life, the Universe and Everything
08-05-2010, 01:38 PM
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Views: 981
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Forum: Diavlog comments
07-10-2010, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 8,884
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-23-2010, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 9,247
iPhonbe app
Thanks, Milton, for improved iPhone access. MUCH improved!
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-23-2010, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 90
Views: 27,577
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-23-2010, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 90
Views: 27,577
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-23-2010, 08:27 AM
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-21-2010, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 90
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-21-2010, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 90
Views: 27,577
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-12-2010, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 96
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Re: Cosma Shalizi
OK. I read that. But it is statements like this from Shalizi that prompted my original question: "If identical twins experience more similar environmental influences on accent than fraternal twins,...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-12-2010, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 96
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Re: Cosma Shalizi
Hi Clay - I have a question about the Shalizi paper that I was hoping you could answer. I am sure that somewhere within me is an economic genius just waiting for the proper nurturance so that it can...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-02-2010, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 178
Views: 34,087
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-02-2010, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 20,163
Re: Why no mention of Lawrence H. Keeley?
Thanks for the clarification. I misunderstood your post and thought you were making the opposite point, that civilization eliminates aggression over food and sex. In any event, I think Rousseau's...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-02-2010, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 178
Views: 34,087
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Forum: Diavlog comments
03-02-2010, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 66
Views: 20,163
Re: Why no mention of Lawrence H. Keeley?
Let's try the experiment. On an island, let's put a large cohort of 15-35 year old males, along with unlimited cultural resources, opportunities for rewarding productivity, plenty of entertainment...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
02-27-2010, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 66
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Re: Bzzzzt!
Decamate's not bad, if only because it sounds appropriately violent (deck a mate). Nonacontamate sounds vaguely sexual and not sufficiently violent. And it has too many syllables. But otherwise not...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
02-27-2010, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 20,163
Re: Bzzzzt!
As one of our resident wordsmiths, can you please coin us a term for "cut down by an order of magnitude" that's as fun to say as decimate? I hate to give up decimate for such a clunky alternative.
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Forum: Diavlog comments
02-27-2010, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 66
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Forum: Diavlog comments
02-11-2010, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 40
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battle of the blizzards
Wow. Dallas this morning looks like Bob's back yard. 5" and counting. But unlike NJ, the snow will all be gone from here by Saturday.
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Forum: Diavlog comments
02-05-2010, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 22,255
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Forum: Apollo diavlog comments
02-05-2010, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 283
Views: 50,908
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Forum: General comments on Bloggingheads.tv
02-04-2010, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 17
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Re: Bob on SOF Live
Can't listen to yet another EOG interview. Does he say anything different in this one than he has already said in every other interview? Any new or refined arguments that are more compelling than...
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