- Embodied Cognition | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy • by Robert A. Wilson and Lucia Foglia
- Cognition is embodied when it is deeply dependent upon features of the physical body of an agent, that is, when aspects of the agent’s body beyond the brain play a significant causal or physically constitutive role in cognitive processing.
- In general, dominant views in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science have considered the body as peripheral to understanding the nature of mind and cognition. Proponents of embodied cognitive science view this as a serious mistake. Sometimes the nature of the dependence of cognition on the body is quite unexpected…
- [I am in favor of embodied cognition, because SCIENCE! -L]
- Worst. Congress. Ever. – By Norman Ornstein | Foreign Policy – JULY 19, 2011
- When I came to Washington in 1969, for example, the city was riven with division and antagonism over the Vietnam War, which segued into the impeachment of a president, followed by many other difficult and contentious moments. … [but] The hard reality is that for all their rancor, those times were more functional, or at least considerably less dysfunctional, than what we face with Congress today.
- Negro Leagues’ heroes finally get tombstones – Nightly News – msnbc.com
- Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, African American baseball players were segregated from white players and played in the Negro Leagues.
- After their baseball careers ended, many of the Negro Leagues’ greatest players went on to work menial jobs and were buried in unmarked graves. …
- Privacy and Security Fanatic: Wham Bam Google Ban: No Pseudonyms on Google Plus Profiles
- For a social network that was supposedly “privacy friendly” with “circles” this time around, Google is ticking off huge groups of people with its profiles from hell policy. This from the same company that cheered “the freedom to be who you want to be”… To use Google Plus, you must have a public profile tied to your real name. …
- iPhone hacker Jay Freeman, developer of Cydia, wrote an excellent post about this “ludicrous” enforcement of the “real name” rule. People from Anonymous, to Black Hat, to William Shatner, to a former Google employee Kirrily “Skud” Robert and thousands more have been suspended. …
- If you haven’t been banned…but don’t intend to setup a public ‘real name’ profile either, then you should liberate your data before you get shut out of your Google products.
- [lots o'links]
- Norway Massacre: Homegrown Terror Strikes Oslo
- It’s telling about our time that the description of the Norwegian terror suspect made a point of identifying him as blond and blue-eyed.
- National Debt by President | MoveOn.Org
- [Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama]
- London African Art Scene: Photos
- There’s an explosion of African art in the city. Check out some of the best.
- Ghana’s Gay Community Under Threat
- Ghana’s Bureau of National Investigations has been directed to track down and arrest anyone suspected of being gay.
- In a recent op-ed for the Ghana Broadcasting Co., the Rev. Stephen Wengam stated, “If homosexuality is tolerated, very soon the human race will be extinct.”
- Aidoo has asked landlords to keep an eye out for “people they suspect of being homosexuals” and to inform the police of any suspicious activity.
- VIDEO: Rep. Stands Behind ‘Not a Lady’ Attack
- Rep. Allen West showed no remorse for his language in an email calling Wasserman Schultz “vile” and “not a lady,” and said an apology is “not happening.” He also suggested that his email could be explained by the fact that he just hasn’t learned “DC-insider talk.” If “DC-insider talk” is code for “good judgment,” we agree.
[My bookmarks live at delicious.com/camryl. In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Also, signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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