August 2010
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“everything must come to an end.
no more semicolon, ellipsis or whatsoever, just...”
– bye, pool.
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S. Carey - All we Grow
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architecture of energy
It is difficult to determine in advance the magnitude of any human being’s energy, potential or kinetic. We can know the quantity of energy it takes to walk a given distance, but what is the energy of a person who assassinates a world leader? Do we measure it by cause or effect? Or the person who invents a new technology? Or the person who designs a housing project? Or the person who devotes...
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“Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of...”
– alex deLarge.
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subjective validation
The Forer Effect is part of larger phenomenon psychologists refer to as subjective validation, which is a fancy way of saying you are far more vulnerable to suggestion when the subject of the conversation is you.
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It is the the hope which gives subjective validation its power. If you want the psychic to be real, or the sacred stones to forecast the unknown, you will find a way to believe them...
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stand's toasted marshmallow shake recipe
3 scoops vanilla ice cream (they use Laboratorio del Gelato)
1 tablespoon whole milk
1 large dollop, er, Wookstock Water Buffalo Milk yogurt
5 Kraft Jumbo Jef-Puffed marshmallows
Whipped cream
Toast marshamllows under a broiler, or, if you’re frisky, over a flame until they just start to blacken evenly (the trick is to make sure it’s evenly toasted and dark, but not turned to...
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reddit's top 200 books
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. (UP:1443 | WS:2210 | Total:3653)
1984 by George Orwell. (UP:1447 | WS:2090 | Total:3537)
Dune by Frank Herbert. (UP:1122 | WS:2140 | Total:3262)
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. (UP:967 | WS:1750 | Total:2717)
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. (UP:931 | WS:1680 | Total:2611)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. (UP:1031 |...
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I’ll laugh untill my head comes off..
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So we meet again after several years, several...
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The Decemberists - Crane Wife 1 and 2.
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