Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I hope everyone took the day to reflect on how much we're all blessed with every day.
We want to stay here to prove to the regents and state that we are part of this movement and that we want our tuition to go back to what it used to be, which essentially should be free.
— Oscar Varela, 21, a fifth-year economics major who helped organize Tuesday's Occupy Cal demonstrations (via The Associated Press).
An economics major should surely know that tuition can't be free. Why do people (particularly in the UC system) think that education is a right and that a university is really anything other than a business? A generally philanthropic business, yes, but a business nonetheless.
Reminds me of something, I just can't think of what right now...
Liam Neeson simultaneously nails and botches improv with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Warwick Davis on "Life's Too Short"
The Keyframe Bias →
The keyframe bias is rooted in the way our memory works. To cram more information into the canteloupe-sized piece of flesh between our ears, we spawn formulas and look for exceptions, discarding the predictable and retaining the keyframes.
It's easier to transmit and evaluate frozen moments than impart direct experiences, and our ability to look for keyframes and write off the rest is also how we refine the patterns in our head, how we learn and grow. At the same time, these processes can also lead us further from the truth, developing us in a way that ultimately inhibits growth. We must realize that the keyframes are merely slivers of our total experience, that the fullness of life happens between the frames.
"The fullness of life happens between the frames." What a great line, what a great analogy, and such a good truth. Memories are not sufficient to recreate experiences and feelings.
Worst Crisis Greece Has Known
BBC reporter: This could be the worst crisis Greece has ever known.
Dan Snow: There speaks a man without a history degree. Greece has been ravaged by Persian Immortals, Roman legionaries, Huns, Janissaries, Russian cossacks, and Nazi stormtroopers. She's seen worse.
Conceptual Trackpad Interface for Windows 8 →
Okay, this is an interesting idea...
How Much Does The Internet Weigh? →
That small, huh?
Mind-Blowing Research Into Inserting Artificial Objects into Photographs →
Yeah, that's a phenomenally hard problem. And they do it very well. The headline's actually accurate in this case...