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Exploring the Technium: Technology, Evolution, and God | Integral Life

Ryan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:05:35 GMT

Exploring the Technium: Technology, Evolution, and God | Integral Life

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Newsvine - Political Charts: Where do you Fit?

Ryan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:48:55 GMT

Newsvine - Political Charts: Where do you Fit?

"In "Eight Ways", Brian Patrick Mitchell lays out a political archetype system that is slightly askew to previous diagrams and relies more on a person's attitude toward politics, rather than a list of issue stances. His chart has two axes:" Kratos and Arche

Tags: political-compass, poltics

Meat: Making Global Warming Worse - TIME

Ryan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:34:54 GMT

Meat: Making Global Warming Worse - TIME

The head of the U.N.'s Nobel Prize–winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Pachauri on Monday urged people around the world to cut back on meat in order to combat climate change. "Give up meat for one day [per week] at least initially, and decrease it from there," Pachauri told Britain's Observer newspaper. "In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a short period of time, it clearly is the most attractive opportunity."

Tags: climate-change, meat, 2008-09-10

Edge: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt

Ryan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:50:16 GMT

Edge: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt

"...the second rule of moral psychology is that morality is not just about how we treat each other (as most liberals think); it is also about binding groups together, supporting essential institutions, and living in a sanctified and noble way. When Republicans say that Democrats "just don't get it," this is the "it" to which they refer."

Tags: politics, values, jonathan haidt

Exploring Epistemic Wisdom: Ethical and Practical Implications of Integral Theory and Methodological Pluralism for Collaboration and Knowledge-Building

Ryan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:55:18 GMT

Exploring Epistemic Wisdom: Ethical and Practical Implications of Integral Theory and Methodological Pluralism for Collaboration and Knowledge-Building

Tags: integral, tom murray

Actuarial Life Table

Ryan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:51:42 GMT

Actuarial Life Table

Tags: statistics, life expectancy, death

Sticks And Stones: A New Study On Social And Physical Pain

Ryan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:48:46 GMT

Sticks And Stones: A New Study On Social And Physical Pain

"the pain of physical events may fade with time, while the pain of social occurrences can be re-instantiated through memory retrievals."

Tags: pain, social pain, psychology, memory, 2008-08-27

120 Ways to Boost Your Brain Power

Ryan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:23:49 GMT

120 Ways to Boost Your Brain Power

Tags: 2008-08-26, tips, brian, thinking

Monkeys Enjoy Giving To Others, Study Finds

Ryan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:12 GMT

Monkeys Enjoy Giving To Others, Study Finds

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have shown capuchin monkeys, just like humans, find giving to be a satisfying experience. This finding comes on the coattails of a recent imaging study in humans that documented activity in reward centers of the brain after humans gave to charity.

Tags: monkeys, giving, empathy, 2008-08-25

Life’s Enough: Stop Comparing Yourself to Others | Zen Habits

Ryan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:31:56 GMT

Life’s Enough: Stop Comparing Yourself to Others | Zen Habits

"My quick advice: try to be aware of when you start comparing yourself to others … once you’ve developed this awareness, try this trick: stop yourself. Tell yourself, “Stop that!” And then start thinking about all the things you DO have, the things you love, the people you have, the blessings that life has given you. Make this a regular practice, and you’ll start to be happier with your life."

Tags: zen habits, 2008-08-25, tips, psychology, inequality, envy

Buddhism and the Morality of Abortion

Ryan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:22:35 GMT

Buddhism and the Morality of Abortion

Tags: buddhism, abortion, ethics

Raw vegan children -- By Shazzie

Ryan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:39:38 GMT

Raw vegan children -- By Shazzie

"I can keep quiet about this no longer. There has been the most huge cover up in the raw food movement spanning years which has damaged children the world over. Every person who has spoken out about this in the past has been publicly slammed by members of the raw food community and their research and experience has been dismissed. These are often people who are highly experienced in raw food nutrition, yet these raw foodists continually claim that those people must be doing something wrong. It couldn't possibly be the food because we've been told the raw vegan diet is perfect for everyone."

Tags: vegan, raw, children, health, 2008-07

Not Exactly Rocket Science : Undecided voters aren't really undecided - the hidden side of decision-making

Ryan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:58:06 GMT

Not Exactly Rocket Science : Undecided voters aren't really undecided - the hidden side of decision-making

"Silvia Galdi at the University of Padova, Italy, has found evidence that the final verdicts of undecided decision-makers are only weakly related to their conscious preferences and more strongly influenced by unconscious views and biases they aren't aware of. In many cases, when people claim that they are undecided, they have secretly made up our minds, unbeknownst even to themselves. "

Tags: politics, psychology, decision-making, bias, 2008-08-21

The Buddhist Blog: Buddhism and Homosexuality.

Ryan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:15:46 GMT

The Buddhist Blog: Buddhism and Homosexuality.

"According to the ancient Indian understanding, homosexuals were thought of simply as being 'the third nature' (tritiya prakti), rather than as perverted, deviant or sick. With its emphasis on psychology and cause and effect, Buddhism judges acts, including sexual acts, primarily by the intention (cetana) behind them and the effect they have."

Tags: buddhism, homosexuality, 2008-08-23

The cost of steak - Los Angeles Times

Ryan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:09:55 GMT

The cost of steak - Los Angeles Times

"Factory farms produce cheap meat, until you consider the rivers of sewage, the contaminants and the superbugs."

Tags: meat, environment, health, 2009-08-23

Gene Expression: "Death to apostates!" 1 out of 33 Muslim university students say

Ryan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:24 GMT

Gene Expression: "Death to apostates!" 1 out of 33 Muslim university students say

In other words, 1 out of 33 Muslim British university students believe that apostates should be killed. Little wonder that many Europeans feel a little Islamophobia.... Additionally, * Muslims have far less respect for atheists than non-Muslims * Muslims have far less respect for homosexuals than non-Muslims * Muslims are much more likely to think that it is acceptable to kill in the name of religion than non-Muslims

Tags: islam, polls, muslims, gnxp, 200-08-23

Political spectrum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ryan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:10:46 GMT

Political spectrum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A political spectrum (plural spectra) is a way of modeling different political positions by placing them upon one or more geometric axes symbolizing independent political dimensions.

Tags: politics, values, wikipedia_entry, political spectrum

Climate change: A guide for the perplexed - earth - 16 May 2007 - New Scientist Environment

Ryan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:17:26 GMT

Climate change: A guide for the perplexed - earth - 16 May 2007 - New Scientist Environment

"So for those who are not sure what to believe, here is our round-up of the most common climate myths and misconceptions."

Tags: climate-change, 2007-05-07

The Misshapen Mind | The American Prospect

Ryan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:15:52 GMT

The Misshapen Mind | The American Prospect

"Two new books argue that the human brain's haphazard evolution has left us at the prey of irrational behaviors and self-defeating instincts."

Tags: brain, self-deception, delusion, 2009-07-18

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Magpie 'can recognise reflection'

Ryan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:38:15 GMT

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Magpie 'can recognise reflection'

http://ryan.gaia-local.com/pods

Tags: intelligence, animals, birds, self-awareness, magpies, mirror-test, 2008-08-19