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Professor R. Appleblossom

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I met Matthew Watkins in a field in Somerset, where he was sitting beneath a sign saying “Free Maths Information”. He’s a musicomathematical nomad (or is that a mathemusical itinerant?) with some interesting ideas about the connection between the distribution of prime numbers and fundamental physics. Maths pages here (includes many interesting side notes, such as this essay by Philip K Dick). Music pages here and here (and make sure you check this out). More Big Green pictures here.

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enriching the blogosphere

Two new blogs now enrich the blogosphere (warning: personal bias forthcoming)

To mark the start of his PhD, Dan is now blogging at coveredinbees.org about the science of self-organisation/’spontaneous order’ and how it affects political philosophy, and about markets and freedom. And about the war on terror and the state of the world. Read his introductory post to see where he’s coming from.

Sarah Eldridge, is now blogging as part of her work with ICAR (The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK). ICAR “is an independent information and research organisation’ based at City University which aims ‘to increase public understanding of asylum issues in the UK, and inform policy and practice through applied research and policy evaluation.’ The blog comments on how asylum issues are handled in the media.

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My wikipedia contail (after Matt Webb) – those autocomplete options when I type “en.wikipedia.org/wiki/” into my browser

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  • India Knight reviews ‘Female chauvinist pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture’ by Ariel Levy
  • How we move ever closer to becoming a totalitarian state (starkly titled Obverser article about The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill which will allow ministers to enact laws without the scrutiny of parliament)
  • God loses faith in Tony Blair
  • Where does cheap stuff come from (Guardian article)
  • ‘it’s clear that much of the lore underlying both modern ninja movies and modern ninja schools has both a long history AND little basis in reality outside the theatre.’
  • ‘I believe there is a dimension where / each one of us can be understood’
  • Jeremy Mercer’s top 10 bookshops
  • a database of independent bookshops compiled by bookworms for bookworms.
  • the straight dope behind the story of native americans working on skyscrapers
  • ADHD and the knowledge economy (New York Times)
  • ‘It is a much-quoted maxim that there are only seven stories. They are, apparently, Orpheus, Achilles, Cinderella, Tristan and Isolde, Circe, Romeo and Juliet, and Faust. All other stories are adaptations of these.’
  • =’The Gift taken Away’, ‘The Fatal Flaw’, ‘Unrecognised virtue’,the love triangle,spider and fly, boy meets girls/boy loses girl, The Debt That Must be Paid’. Plus ‘The Hero Who Cannot Be Kept Down’
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    A quick and miscellaneous list of advertising links

    Metafiler: “Why do companies advertise?”
    Stayfree’s media literacy curriculum
    Vaughan on Mindhacks.com does some smackdown on neuromarketing
    Guardian special report on loyalty cards
    A brief guide to the concept of ‘priming’

    Three from the BPS research digest:
    When sex doesn’t sell (either because it distracts or provokes negative associations)
    Experimental confirmation that music affects the power of (political adverts)
    looking for the best option, rather than a good enough option can make you unhappy

    Pledgebank: art not ads

    Icarus Diving on my decoding advertisements post

    Experienced traders seem to overcome the endowement effect (a common cogntiive bias)

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