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Yearly Archives: 2015
Why Do Some People Find Deepak Chopra Quotes Deep And Not Dung?
Greatest name for a research paper ever? “On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit” (direct link to PDF)
To determine factors that might make someone susceptible to reading that Chopra tweet and finding meaning in it, Pennycook and co-authors evaluated participants’ analytical thinking, tendency to confuse one knowledge category with another, such as viewing the material as spiritual, and tendency to hold implausible beliefs. In a series of studies, the authors presented participants with randomly assembled pseudo-profound statements, Deepak Chopra tweets, and tests of cognitive and reasoning ability along with several scales to evaluate factors such as personal beliefs and a tendency to conspiracy ideation.
In general, the profoundness ratings that participants gave the BS statements were very similar to those they gave to Chopra’s tweets.
Source: Why Do Some People Find Deepak Chopra Quotes Deep And Not Dung? – Forbes
Related – random fictional Chopra quotes via www.wisdomofchopra.com
My favorite so far – “The future embraces a jumble of silence”
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Neil Young and Devo – “Hey Hey, My My”
I’m so glad this moment happened back in 1982.
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Big Big Train – “Victorian Brickwork” live
Simply a stunning performance. I hope they decide to tour the states!
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Berkeley Breathed Returning to “Bloom County” for First Time in 25 Years – Comic Book Resources
I’m cautiously optimistic.
“…with the 2016 presidential campaign season heating up, it seems that Breathed has found something funny to talk about again”
Source: Berkeley Breathed Returning to “Bloom County” for First Time in 25 Years – Comic Book Resources
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Peter Gabriel, “Solsbury Hill”
Probably my favorite song.
What a great band:
- Peter Gabriel – vocals, keyboards, flute
- Tony Levin – bass
- Larry Fast – synths
- Robert Fripp – guitar
- Steve Hunter – guitar
- Allan Schwartzberg – drums
Hunter and Schwartzberg were in Alice Cooper’s group, Levin and Fripp ultimately met up again in King Crimson, and Larry Fast was AKA electronic music pioneer Synergy.
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RIP Sir Terry Pratchett
One of my favorite authors, Sir Terry Pratchett, died today at age 66 from complications due to Alzheimer’s Disease. His death was announced (beautifully) with appropriate humor on Twitter.
For those of you who haven’t read the 40+ Discworld books, Pratchett’s Death character always speaks in all caps.
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Bruford’s “One of a Kind”
Today, while listening to my music library, I listened to Bill Bruford’s 1979 album One of a Kind. Damn, this is one of the finest pieces of music ever recorded. Each of the musicians in the band – Bill Bruford on drums, Allan Holdsworth on guitar, Jeff Berlin on bass, and especially Dave Stewart on keyboards – were at their peak on this album. Brilliant.
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