http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron therourke@gmail.com http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,659577,00.html/spiegel-interview-with-umberto-eco-we-like-lists-because-we-dont-want-to-die-spiegel-online-news-international Umberto Eco - "The list is the origin of culture... What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible" : http://t.co/daRqmUvj ]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:35:40 -0700 http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,659577,00.html/spiegel-interview-with-umberto-eco-we-like-lists-because-we-dont-want-to-die-spiegel-online-news-international http://www.noisehelp.com/schopenhauer-quotes.html/arthur-schopenhauer-quotes-on-noise-studies-in-pessimism-essay "On Noise" by Arthur Schopenhauer: http://t.co/Tczuzobr cc @hollypesty ]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:20:24 -0700 http://www.noisehelp.com/schopenhauer-quotes.html/arthur-schopenhauer-quotes-on-noise-studies-in-pessimism-essay http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/oct/08/atheism-religion-class-science For some reasons it seems to be anathema to say that there might be an intrinsic reason for the correlation between educational level and the rejection of religion: atheism takes training, and is more difficult. We accept that in medicine, physics and mathematics, but, for reasons of political correctness, it is very much considered a faux pas to say the old 19th-century thing: it takes education to develop a worldview based on science. It would be even more outrageous to say that the reasons for choosing atheism over religion might actually be valid, as the so-called new atheists have dared… ]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:14:00 -0700 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/oct/08/atheism-religion-class-science