Saturday, July 30, 2011

Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses Is Islam Compatible with Liberal Democracy?

Recorded is 2007, she is someone whose views I have been interested in for a while now, but I have never actually seen her speak about her views... This discussion was very enlightening.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Film psychology THE SHINING: spatial awareness and set design. Parts 1 and 2

Spatial awareness is something that has always been completely intuitive for me. I could probably sit down and draw from memory the floor plan of every house or apartment I have ever lived in with a fair degree of accuracy. So I was naturally fascinated by this spatial breakdown of the set design of one of my favorite films.


How Stanley Kubrick used Escher-styled spacial awareness & set design anomolies to disorientate viewers of his horror classic The Shining. This is a must for serious Kubrick fans and psychology students. Written, narrated and edited by Rob Ager

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

What The Word 'Compromise' Really Means


A very interesting linguistic breakdown of a word that is being used as well as avoided quite a lot in Washington lately.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Neil Tyson talks about UFOs and the argument from ignorance

We need more scientists like Neil deGrasse Tyson. He is not only one of the most prominent astronomers living today, he is also one of the best public communicators on the subject of science.

The argument from ignorance, also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam ("appeal to ignorance" , argument by lack of imagination, or negative evidence, is a logical fallacy in which it is claimed that a premise is true only because it has not been proven false, or is false only because it has not been proven true.

Monday, July 18, 2011

The Majestic Plastic Bag

The Majestic Plastic Bag from Heal the Bay on Vimeo.

An excellent spoof on nature videos... Please, just bring your own bag to the grocery store. Is that too much to ask?