Interesting Links for 21-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• The world is squeezing us more than Mr Osborne
  (tags: globalization pay uk)
• Alien Hand Syndrome sees woman attacked by her own hand. The brain is awesome! And a little scary.
  (tags: brains psychology)
• The truth about TV ratings, online viewing and sci-fi shows
  (tags: tv ratings scifi)
• Comparisons of male and female character art in World of Warcraft
  (tags: WorldOfWarcraft art gender sex)
• Labour planned to axe the EMA in 2015 (when school leaving age is raised to 18).
  (tags: labour politics uk education)
• "Personal Jesus" as covered by Gravity Kills. I must have listened to this 30 times in the last week.
  (tags: music DepecheMode)
• Homeopathy is witchcraft, say doctors
  (tags: homeopathy health medicine nhs badscience uk)
• What two feet of snow look like.
  (tags: snow photo funny)
• A challenge for you. See if you can manage this (needs volume, and two of your earth minutes).
  (tags: meditation 2minutes nothing)
• Top Civil Servant Says Government Departments Lost Control Of Public Spending Under Labour
  (tags: spending government labour)
• Scientists Grow Human Liver Tissue to be Used for Transplantation
  (tags: medicine health biology TheFuture)
• George Lucas denies believing the world will end in 2012. Says Elvis will be in Indy 5.
  (tags: funny GeorgeLucas 2012)
• More than 100 alleged mobsters arrested in northeast US
  (tags: crime mafia usa)
• What do we really know about love? More than you'd think...
  (tags: love emotion psychology)
• 28-days detention without charge to be allowed to lapse. Hoo-fucking-ray!
  (tags: rights uk government EpicWin)
• Recorded crime continues to fall in England and Wales - down 7% overall, all categories down except sexual offences
  (tags: crime uk)

Comments

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

I was going more for the similarity between the power of placebos and the ability of people to believe they have changed the world by brainwashing themselves, but I'm sure you are quite correct about his reasoning on the matter.