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Organ Donation and the Ethics of Lifesaving

English: Dr. Ehtuish Preforming An Organ Transplant. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The Organ Transplant Authority is consulting over proposals to give priority on transplant waiting... Read more

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The Memetic Mind, Not: Where Dennett Goes Wrong

On the face of it, Dennett and I have very different views about cultural evolution. To be sure, we both believe that Dawkins’s initial insight is valid: that culture is an... Read more

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Sasquatch Pareidolia

According to this story, a canyon explorer in Utah believes he has found the first fossilized evidence of a Bigfoot:It doesn’t require paleontological... Read more

The 04 July 2013 by Cris
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Why a Graffiti Museum is Beside the Point

Various people have been thinking about a graffiti museum for a while. Graffiti is now in galleries and museum collections, and has been for some time. The graf... Read more

The 17 July 2013 by Bbenzon
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Accidental-Lyrical Evolution

Over at aeon, bird biologist Lewis Spurgin discusses the role of chance in evolution. He studies birds, especially island birds, and has concluded that chance o... Read more

The 10 July 2013 by Cris
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Spirit of Bear Butte

For nearly 10,000 years Native Americans have been visiting Bear Butte just north of the Black Hills (Pahá Sápa) in South Dakota. It’s not hard to... Read more

The 02 July 2013 by Cris
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Dennett’s Preformationist Memetics

In thinking about my previous post I realized that my criticism of Dennett’s meme doctrine–that memes are mental entities that move from brain to brain like... Read more

The 27 July 2013 by Bbenzon
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How I Found a Home in Jersey City and Got Steve Fulop Elected Mayor, Part 3

When the second installment ended I was photographing graffiti and had started volunteering in the Hamilton Park Neighborhood Association. Read more

The 18 July 2013 by Bbenzon
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The Band Practice Dialogues: Free Will and Determinism

The hard rock band Realizing Resonance performs enthusiastically in their otherwise empty rented practice space. The band is composed of four members, Taylor,... Read more

The 28 July 2013 by Realizingresonance
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How Do We Account for the History of the Meme Concept?

First, in asking THAT question I do not intend a bit of cutesy intellectual cleverness: Oh Wow! Let’s get the meme meme to examine it’s own history. Read more

The 21 July 2013 by Bbenzon
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How I Found a Home in Jersey City and Got Steve Fulop Elected Mayor, Part 2

By the end of the first part of this essay I’d made my way to Jersey City and bought a point-and-shoot camera. Jersey City was where I lived, but not my home. Read more

The 17 July 2013 by Bbenzon
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Homo Jellyfishus

Humans are of course transforming the oceans in ways that we barely understand, but one vicar of change is the massive proliferation of jellyfish. Read more

The 12 July 2013 by Cris
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Coffee or Quarters?

The 02 July 2013 by Marilyngardner5 : Charity, Religion, Self Expression, Spirituality
Animist People Hunting

The 05 July 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
Full Moons & Near Deaths

The 29 July 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
Grounded vs. embodied cognition: a (hopefully uncontentious) note on terminology

The 01 July 2013 by Andrew D Wilson : Languages, Psychology, Science
To Doubt is to Exist: A Review of Honest Doubt

The 19 July 2013 by Emcybulska : Culture,
Eternal Returns: Myth of the Mythical

The 15 July 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
Jersey City: A 21st Century Florence?

The 12 July 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Organ Donation and the Ethics of Lifesaving

The 11 July 2013 by Thepoliticalidealist : Politics, Society
Eliding Mircea Eliade

The 17 July 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
Primitivist Assumption

The 20 July 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
Japanese Robots in Space

The 19 July 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Sensorimotor Transition in Three Modes

The 02 July 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society
Anthropology’s Ritualist Hour

The 27 July 2013 by Cris : Debate, History, Religion, Spirituality
"Ue wo muite arukou" 50 years later

The 08 July 2013 by Bbenzon : Culture, Society