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Human Genome Project Information
dna, genome, hgp, medicine, project, research, science, technology, theory saved by: praguebob more details ...
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml
YouTube - Tavis Smiley interviews David Kyuman Kim Part 1
Hey! I know this guy (the interviewee). I went to grad school with him. Why the hell don't I have a book wtih Oxford now out in paper and an interview with Tavis? Huh? Annotated link ht...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3HOmDy4gMQ
Metcalfe's law - Wikipedia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe's_law
The "MacGuffin" as a plot device (this is tomorrow's word of the day)
The MacGuffin (the term was popularized by Hitchcock) is the vaguely-defined object that all the characters in a thriller are trying to get -- you know, the mysterious briefcase, or the c...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macguffin
Joseph Campbell - Bill Moyers interview (From West Chester U., - Spring 2005 Myth and Metaphor)
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fbrainstorm-services.com%2Fwcu-2004%2Fmyth-campbell-interview.html
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http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2004/myth-campbell-interview.html
The Immanent Frame » Blog Archive » Medical materialism revisited (Wayne Proudfoot)
Proudfoot's critique of the attempt to understand Buddhist (and other) meditative states in terms of their neurobiological manifestations, without reference to their historical and cultur...
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http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2008/06/30/medical-materialism-revisited
Nice Literature, Literary Libraries, Authors, Electronic Literature, Literature Guide
NiceLiterature.com guides to literature web directories related to authors, bestseller lists, electronic literature, periods & movements, comparative literature, awards, literary librarie...
arts, authors, awards, bestseller, book, books, booksellers, chats, classics, criticism, More... saved by: louis23186 more details ...
http://www.niceliterature.com
William T. Cavanaugh, "Does Religion Cause Violence?," Harvard Divinity Bulletin 35/2-3 (Spring/Summer 2007)
Very incisive commentary from William Cavanaugh attacking the common thesis that religion is somehow magically inclined toward violence. Cavanaugh is a Catholic theologian who also posses...
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http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/bulletin_mag/articles/35-23_cavanaugh.html
The Theory of Infinite Struggle
la route est longue
activism, anarchy, essay, infinite, struggle, theory saved by: millette more details ...
http://activism.wikia.com/wiki/Ali_Hussin
Structural Social Network Theory | CenterNetworks
socialnetwork, theory saved by: skyle more details ...
http://www.centernetworks.com/social-network-theory
Maurice Bloch: religion is a consequence of imagination
Maurice Bloch produces what sounds on first glance like a neo-Durkheimian theory of religion with a foundation in cognitive psychology. I need to look more closely at this.
anthropology, postfacebookclip, religion, research, social_science, theory, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13782-religion-a-figment-of-human-imagination.html
EQ SQ theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon Baron-Cohen [...] hypothesizes that "the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy. The male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EQ_SQ_theory
The E-Mail Analogy - NoseRub Blog
Something that everyone should ALWAYS understand. I don't have to subscribe to Vonage to call someone else on Vonage, everybody didn't flock to GMail to only e-mail other GMail users, I d...
communication, concepts, naive, social networking, tech, theory, tips saved by: VxJasonxV more details ...
http://noserub.com/blog/archives/22-The-E-Mail-Analogy.html
zengestrom.com: What makes a good social object
jaiku, network, socialnetworks, socialobjects, theory saved by: tizzle more details ...
http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2007/08/what-makes-a-go.html
audc.org
Architecture Urbanism Design Collaborative
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http://www.audc.org
Digital Research Unit - Huddersfield
James Tindall
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http://atomless.blogspot.com
A Pattern Language
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http://downlode.org/etext/patterns
Christopher Alexander Pattern Language Repository
architecture, pattern, theory, urbanism saved by: dynamicdata more details ...
http://www.uni-weimar.de/architektur/InfAR/lehre/Entwurf/Patterns/patterns.html
thinking about things: Design Engaged 2005
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http://triptychresearch.typepad.com/thinking_about_things/2005/11/design_engaged_.html
Maeda's SIMPLICITY
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http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY
Typies
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http://www.typies.blogspot.com
Architectural Record | in the CAUSE of ARCHITECTURE
architecture, text, theory saved by: dynamicdata more details ...
http://archrecord.construction.com/InTheCause/default.asp
Amazon.com: Graphic design books on grids
Amazon.com "grid graphic design"
books, design, graphicdesign, grid, grids, theory saved by: Lisa more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/s/102-9511943-3012157?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link_code=q...
Christine Caldwell Ames | Does Inquisition Belong to Religious History? | The American Historical Review, 110.1 | The History Cooperative
Seems to dovetail nicely with some issues I'm interested in, related to J.Z. Smith, Asad, and McCutcheon.
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http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/110.1/ames.html
FT May 2000: The Very Idea of Religion
Paul Griffiths writing in _First Things_ about the concept of religion. Cited by McCutcheon in RDD (2005).
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http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0005/articles/griffiths.html
Sensible Erection | Is God an Accident?
A copy of a recent Atlantic Monthly article by psychologist Paul Bloom. Echoes recent work by Pascal Boyer and Justin Barrett, as well as others. I don't think this bootleg is really comp...
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http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/52922
Bruce Lincoln, "Theses on Method" | U. of Alabama | Department of Religious Studies
A now-classic (though still controversial) formulation of the principles behind the academic study of religion.
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http://www.as.ua.edu/rel/thesesonmethod.html
I. Introductory. Mill, John Stuart. 1869. On Liberty
Presumably, this should be considered a key source for the "private affair" tradition.
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http://www.bartleby.com/130/1.html
The Belief Trap - The evolutionary explanation of religion gets stuck. By Judith Shulevitz
A critique of the newest, popular treament of the so-called "evolutionary" analysis of religion (Dennett's recently published book "Breaking the Spell").
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http://www.slate.com/id/2137743
oremus Bible Browser : ezekiel 22.23-27
A great reference for the qadosh idea, and the centrality of the notion of "difference."
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http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=11198974
The New Yorker: The Critics: Books ("The God Project")
Another review of Dennett's most recent book purporting to debunk religion. Very critical. Somewhat like the "Belief Trap" article linked earlier (snurl.com/belieftrap).
nbrrrb, print_and_read, religion, science, theory saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/articles/060403crbo_books
Carnival of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
A "blog seminar" on Spivak. Set up like a symposium. Also via Crooked Timber.
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http://www.long-sunday.net/spivak
Europe and secularization (book review)
Mark Lilla (U of Chicago, Cmtee. on Social Thought) reviews Michael Burleigh's "Earthly Powers: The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe From the French Revolution to the Great War" i...
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http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/03/31/arts/idlede1.php
"Politics of Religion-Making" conference @ Hofstra
I plan to submit a proposal to this ...
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http://www.hofstra.edu/CampusL/Culture/Culture_Religion_Making.cfm