links for 2007-11-11
11Nov07
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“Gorman added that Google and Wikipedia were creating a generation of “intellectual sluggards incapable of moving beyond the Internet,” with no interest in exploring non-digital resources.”
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Fascinating paper, fascinating discussions about it.
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Bad habits die hard. So do those who have them. Meanwhile the ones who are killing them seem to be doing just fine.
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“Why does everything have weird names? Every container, shelf, cabinet or appliance had some odd name, as if people from Planet Sweden anthropomorphized these objects, naming each one they encountered as best they could**:
BESTA
HEDDA
BJARNUM…” -
“It would be unfair to compare the author’s methodological advice to enjoining us to remember to breathe; it is more like reminding us not to hold forks by their pointy ends, which rather go into the food.”
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“Statistically speaking, half of ALL people are below-average intelligence. That fact can explain MANY things.”
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