Temple Grandin Discusses Her Experience With Autism by Videolicious.tv Daily Video Blog on Mar 9, 2010 in Animals Citizen Generated Media Educational Places Speeches autism Lecture Perception Physiology psychology Temple Grandin HBO debuted Temple Grandin, a biopic of the pioneering animal scientist who has autism and lectures widely on how the autistic mind works. She's brilliant and fascinating.
In the Blink of an Ear. by Across the Great Divide on Feb 27, 2010 in Perception Sports Many moons ago, in the hand-held timing era, I went home from a conference track meet with the white ribbon instead of the green one because a coin toss was the only way officials could break down our "photo finish"...
Folks and Similar Stories. by Across the Great Divide on Feb 2, 2010 in Media Perception My domestic partner has noticed a recent profusion of "folks" in broadcast media. Lately, reporters, anchors and commentators seem incapable of talking about people, taxpayers, citizens or men and women. [It's hard to capture this from the...
Focus on Happiness & Taxes "a Mistake." by Across the Great Divide on Jan 2, 2010 in Perception Science Taxes Like swallows to Capistrano — they are still showing up aren't they? — people bearing Tax Foundation numbers return to the notion that everything is better in low-tax states because (you guessed it) taxes are low. Last week, the Wall...
Seeing Her Ideas in a New Light. by Across the Great Divide on Dec 28, 2009 in Healthcare Perception Science Mina Bissell will never forget the reception she got from a prominent scientist visiting Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she worked. She gave him a paper she had just published on the genesis of cancer. “He took the paper and...
Running out of Xs for the XXLs? by Across the Great Divide on Dec 25, 2009 in Free Market Perception Scams Sports Are men the new women? This is totally unscientific, but I think men's sizes have started to go the way of women's. Today, I bought a medium basic long-sleeved shirt made from a "performance fabric." Back in the day when...
Returning Tiger's Shirt. by Across the Great Divide on Dec 11, 2009 in Business Current Affairs Design Free Market Perception Sports I heard this conversation second-hand: An early-shopping mother had bought a Sunday red Tiger Woods branded shirt as a Christmas present for her adult son. She was talking with a group of women about whether she should take it back...
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