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Comment on London’s Social Media Mafia: Behind the Silicon Curtain by State of the Blog: London 2009 | Boy With A Camera

State of the Blog: London 2009 | Boy With A Camera — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:39:24 +0000

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Comment on Making a Scene, Creating London’s Identity by thatguyinlondon

thatguyinlondon — Sun, 08 May 2011 22:17:00 +0000

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Comment on On London by Making a Scene, Creating London’s Identity | Brian Frank

Making a Scene, Creating London’s Identity | Brian Frank — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:00:53 +0000

[...] [Read this if you're interested in the conversation. It's not at the polished stage of, like, "10 things you need to do for London tomorrow!" But there's a lot of thought behind it (and believe it or not, a fair bit of editing). For background, here's a list my best older posts about London.] [...]

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Comment on A Book About Truth, Will & Relevance by Bibliography | Brian Frank

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Comment on Why I Have Principles by Alpaca Lunch

Alpaca Lunch — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:46:00 +0000

Interesting stuff! I ended up wasting large packets of time at yourmorals.org (or whatever it is) as well. Thank you for setting my day back by 3 or 4 hours.

Comment on Why I Have Principles by Brian Frank

Brian Frank — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:45:00 +0000

Click on the *Haidt link* -- and then *this one too* (which I also *blogged about* :) You're right, I think. Haidt's whole thing is that "conservative" and "liberal" (and "Christian" and "atheist," etc) are manifestations of people's broader moral dispositions towards authority, purity, freedom.. and some others. I don't fully agree with his precise framework but it's as good first crack at it. [Sorry for those corny asterisks around the links. Evidently my style sheet needs tweaking.]

Comment on Why I Have Principles by Alpaca Lunch

Alpaca Lunch — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:25:00 +0000

Was just thinking – the disconnect between right and left-leaning ideologies is very similar, if not identical to, that which separates the religious from the agnostic. If it is a chemical balance that prevents the twain from ever meeting in one regard, I wonder if it’s the same biological relationship that prevents the religious from understanding why the rest of us can’t “see the light”, and we can’t understand why they can’t “see reason”.

Those studying neurotheology should look into that possible connection, if they haven’t already. A wise man told me just yesterday that nothing is original, so I’ll assume this idea isn’t either.

Still, it’d be interesting to read about the similarities, especially since it’s so often the case that the right are religious and the left isn’t. I don’t believe that is coincidence.

Comment on Why I Have Principles by Brian Frank

Brian Frank — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:33:00 +0000

I think Jonathan Haidt might be who you’re thinking of — though I’m not sure if he quite goes as far as saying “pre-determined.”

Comment on Why I Have Principles by Alpaca Lunch

Alpaca Lunch — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:21:00 +0000

btw – alpaca lunch is a guy in canada…

Comment on Why I Have Principles by Alpaca Lunch

Alpaca Lunch — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:20:00 +0000

I remember reading that our core political leanings are simply based in brain chemicals and how they happen to be balanced within each of us – we’re pre-determined to be generally left or right thinking, then unconsciously ‘reason’ why we are morally correct for thinking as we do.

I’ve never found a better explanation as to why I can’t even understand many right-leaning people, and why they can’t understand me. It’s because reason has nothing to do with it. Therefore, when I get frustrated with conservatives, I try to remember that they’re just suffering from a chemical imbalance and can’t help themselves ;) Makes the situation more tolerable for me.

Comment on Will to Relevance by How to Think About Revolutions | Brian Frank

How to Think About Revolutions | Brian Frank — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:26:23 +0000

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Comment on Uncertainty & Spatial Bias by What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody’s Cognitive Toolkit? | Brian Frank

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:26:01 +0000

[...] Whether or not that would be desirable, I’m pretty sure it would be impossible. Why? Because we think in time, as Smolin argued. We don’t get to stop the clock. Our hearts keep pumping and our neurons keep firing and our thoughts keep happening. [...]

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Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:24:58 +0000

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Comment on So this SEO copywriter walks into a bar… by Brian Frank

Brian Frank — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:23:00 +0000

Thanks Paul. Interesting that it’s a little different. Case of different people having the same idea, in different places, at the same time?

There are some more variations listed & discussed here: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/twitters-best-joke-an-seo-copywriter-walks-into-a-bar/69419/

Comment on So this SEO copywriter walks into a bar… by Paul M. Rodriguez

Paul M. Rodriguez — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:20:00 +0000

Google’s Twitter archive turned up an outlier from October:
http://twitter.com/jreffell/status/27948768870

Comment on So this SEO copywriter walks into a bar… by Who first wrote (tweeted) the "An SEO Copywriter Walks Into a Bar..." joke? - Quora

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:10:00 +0000

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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:16:45 +0000

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