Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m sometimes amazed at the sites that make the del.icio.us popular list. I enjoyed the following entry on Wikipedia: the Dunning-Kruger effect. The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge. The phenomenon was rigorously demonstrated in a series…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI discovered a fairly new site called listeningtowords that provides a collection of links to free online lectures and courses. Here’s a sample of some of the more popular lectures: The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole Power & Responsibility: Science, Humanity and Religion in the 21st century Linked: Networks from Biology to the…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI discovered a new blog yesterday that I plan on adding to my ever-growing collection of links for research, learning, and education. Self Made Scholar is a new blog devoted to self-education. What is self-education? “Self-education is learning in its purest form. You decide what you want to learn, when you’re going to learn it,…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been using a great application for the last few months and I figured I would share my thoughts. Like most people, I use Wikipedia as a major source for research. One of the challenges I’ve always had though is getting caught up in “information serendipity”. I tend to start reading one thing, and eventually…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor the past week, I’ve been spending a very short amount of time per day reading The Republic and Beyond Good and Evil. What’s unique about this is the fact that I’m getting this content via email. A new website called DailyLit is now offering access to over 200+ public domain ebooks (complete list here).…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been using the Internet since 1993. But, it wasn’t until a few years ago that I truly started using the net for research purposes. One of my key interests is philosophy, and I’ve learned quickly that it’s helpful to have easy access to a wide variety and volume of information. I’ve been collecting a…
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