26 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Games that Turn Humans into Rats in a Skinner Box
Games like Farmville and Angry Birds tap into the reward mechanisms in our brains, administering doses of dopamine to us for repetitive tasks.
Folksonomies: life,conditioning,time,gaming
Games like Farmville and Angry Birds tap into the reward mechanisms in our brains, administering doses of dopamine to us for repetitive tasks.
Folksonomies: life,conditioning,time,gaming
26 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
We Have Finite Time to Spend in Life
When we play games, we should play games that are fun, but also creative and challenging. Easy games are a complete waste of time, like watching TV. Hard games challenge us and make us grow.
Folksonomies: education,games,life,growth,time,challenge
When we play games, we should play games that are fun, but also creative and challenging. Easy games are a complete waste of time, like watching TV. Hard games challenge us and make us grow.
Folksonomies: education,games,life,growth,time,challenge
14 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
The Difference Between Vegetable and Animal
A lovely description.
Folksonomies: life,plant,animal. taxonomy
A lovely description.
Folksonomies: life,plant,animal. taxonomy
13 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Constant and Free Life
Mammals and other animals that maintain a constant environment within themselves are free of the changes to the world outside them.
Folksonomies: biology,freedom,life
Mammals and other animals that maintain a constant environment within themselves are free of the changes to the world outside them.
Folksonomies: biology,freedom,life
12 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
The Origin of Life is Speculative
We have no fossil record of the origin of life, we are left only to attempt to recreate it in the lab, but we won't know if we got the process right.
Folksonomies: biology,life,origins,archaeology
We have no fossil record of the origin of life, we are left only to attempt to recreate it in the lab, but we won't know if we got the process right.
Folksonomies: biology,life,origins,archaeology
04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Martinus Willem Beijerinck on the Cell and Life
A very heavy passage on which I need to meditate to fully appreciate.
Folksonomies: todo,biology,life
A very heavy passage on which I need to meditate to fully appreciate.
Folksonomies: todo,biology,life
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus
The Precarious Laws of Nature
If the laws of nature were different by a very small amount, the Universe would not work in such a way as to produce life.
Folksonomies: physics,life,universe,laws of nature
If the laws of nature were different by a very small amount, the Universe would not work in such a way as to produce life.
Folksonomies: physics,life,universe,laws of nature
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus
Carbon VS Silicon Life
While we can imagine living computers, it is hard to imagine silicon life spontaneously forming in the universe.
Folksonomies: life,alien life,xenobiology
While we can imagine living computers, it is hard to imagine silicon life spontaneously forming in the universe.
Folksonomies: life,alien life,xenobiology


