George Miller's magic number, 7 +/- 2, revisited?
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:31:56 -0700 (PDT)
MU psychologists demonstrate simplicity of working memory
A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but humans may have even less to
work with
than previously thought. University of Missouri researchers found that
the
average person can keep just three or four things in their "working
memory" or
conscious mind at ...
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The price of textbooks, again
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:21:11 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
April 25, 2008
Editorial
That Book Costs How Much?
College students and their families are rightly outraged about the
bankrupting costs of textbooks that have nearly tripled since the
1980s, mainly because of marginally useful CD-ROMs and other
supplements. A bill pending in Congress would require publi ...
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Peter Ashby's Child Unfriendly UK and Teenage Repellants
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:15:58 -0700 (PDT)
I was interested, in the light of Peter Ashby's comments about the
child unfriendly nature of the UK, in the debate about a British
invention intended to repell, or perhaps expell, teenagers from areas
which adults would rather have teenage free.
see
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/wl_uk_afp/britaineut ...
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Ashby's child unfriendly IK and teenage repellants
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:13:07 -0700 (PDT)
I was interested, in the light of Peter Ashby's comments about the
child unfriendly nature of the UK, in the debate about a British
invention intended to repell, or perhaps expell, teenagers from areas
which adults would rather have teenage free.
see
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/wl_uk_afp/britaineutec ...
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The Race Debate in south Africa
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:07:19 -0700 (PDT)
The Witness
Race: let?s be rational
24 Apr 2008
Prince Mashele
A Human Rights Commission (HRC) ruling that the Forum for Black
Journalists? (FBJ) policy of racial exclusivity is unjustifiable and
unconstitutional has come and gone ? and it has produced both winners
and losers.
White journalists generally f ...
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The right biofuels
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:52:08 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
April 24, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Bring on the Right Biofuels
By ROGER COHEN
Fads come fast and furious in our viral age, and the reactions to them
can be equally ferocious. That?s what we?re seeing right now with
biofuels, which everyone loved until everyone decided they were the
worst thing since the ...
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martin amis' war against clich¨¦ is ok
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:05:18 -0700 (PDT)
best part is the prologue and the chess part plus a nabokov anecdote
i'd tell you the crappier parts but im too ratarsed to go upstairs n
look it over again couldv sworn i was goona find a defense of philip
larkin but that musta been another book plus ive munched the svevo
bookie which was loony cuz all modernists ...
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Re: Cheap food may be a thing of the past
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:46:41 -0700 (PDT)
On 18 Apr, 20:39, pas...@blueyonder.co.ruk (Peter Ashby) wrote:
> <Mark.Wri...@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Peter Ashby <pas...@blueyonder.co.ruk> wrote:
> > : New Scientist ran an article a couple of months ago, even if we used all
> > : the set aside and marginal land there is simply not enough land area in
> > : ...
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Physiology has told us nothing about behaviour
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:11:41 -0800 (PST)
On another forum Glen Sizemore cites B F Skinner as follows:
"Physiology has not told us one thing about behavior that we did not
already know."
Sizemore suggests that this is as true today as it was when Skinner
made the pronouncement.
What do you think?
Lance ...
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manager maths - worth a smile?
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:05:25 -0800 (PST)
Manager Maths
Three mathematical comments from sports managers as reported in
?Beating the odds: The hidden mathematics of sport.? by Rob Eastway
and John Haigh
?I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have
to score two to win.?
?Of the 100 youngsters I see on the training ground tod ...
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