... have their mind taken over It’s the work of tricky and pernicious mind viruses And once the founder ofthe cult starts the process, the virus ofthemind takes on a life of its own Because of mass ... explaining the way the world works Such a model is the theory ofthe meme, or memetics Memetics is the study ofthe workings of memes: how they interact, replicate, and evolve The science of memetics ... programmed by mind viruses in Chapter In a way, mind viruses are the price of one ofthe freedoms most dear to us: freedom of speech The more freedom there is to put forth any communication, the more...
... by the parents, none ofthe effects of use or disuse of their limbs, none ofthe tendencies or habits of action, in short, none ofthe changes wrought in body or mindofthe parents during their ... THE STORY OFTHEMIND [1] CHAPTER I THE SCIENCE OFTHEMIND PSYCHOLOGY, Psychology is the science ofthemind It aims to find out all about themindthe whole story—just as the other sciences aim ... agency for the learning ofthe animals, and for the supplementing of their instincts, is Imitation The sight of certain movements on the part ofthe adult animals, or the hearing of their cries,...
... advance ofthe official release dates Please note: neither this list nor its contents are final till midnight ofthe last day ofthe month of any such announcement The official release date of all ... a certain set of habits in the use of words The thoughts (if any) in themindofthe examinee are of no interest to the examiner; nor has the examiner any reason to suppose even the most successful ... think the strangeness of what they report would be greatly diminished if it were expressed in the language of a behaviourist theory of desire of every-day beliefs The general description of the...
... The Emergence of Cultural Studies and theCrisisofthe Humanities STUART HALL If I address thecrisisofthe humanities in the face ofthe problem of social technology, I want to so first of ... existence there Nevertheless, Leavis saw himself committed to the project of tending the health ofthe language and the national culture, of nurturing the refined sensibilities of that small company of ... to culture - was one side oftheThe Emergenceof Cultural Studies and theCrisisofthe Humanities 15 coin; the depth of his engagement with cultural questions was the other As his neophytes, albeit...
... Research Ltd and the Glynn Research Laboratories at Bodmin, Cornwall, England Beginning ofthe further evaluation ofthe chemiosmotic hypothesis 1966 The revised version ofthe chemiosmotic theory published ... post) in 1921, rising to the rank of reader (the most senior academic tenured post below the rank of professor) in the subdepartment of enzymes by the time Mitchell joined the department Dixon’s ... uncertainty They were originally housed in binders, but by the time we saw them in the last days ofthe Glynn Research Institute, they were almost all loose and mostly undated During the Glynn period, the...
... very often goes astray: one concerns the great question ofthe Free and the Necessary, above all in the production and the origin of Evil; the other consists in the discussion of continuity and of ... formula for the volume of a truncated pyramid: V = (n/3) (a2 + ab + b2), where a and b are lengths ofthe sides ofthe base ofthe pyramid and n is the height ofthe pyramid Yet the Rhind Papyrus ... that the sum ofthe square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root ofthe remaining side Well, the Scarecrow’s heart is in the right place The Pythagorean theorem...
... addition to these visual observa13 14 / NOTEBOOKS OFTHEMIND tions, these infants learn ofthe cycles of day and night, of work and rest, through the touch and the feel ofthe body of those who ... women in the traditional literature ofthe intellect, and the odd separation of "The Thinker" and the "Thought." Notebooks oftheMind attempts to overcome this legacy ofthe traditional view of thought ... through the internalized consequences of these actions that the first sense ofthe world and the self within it are constructed And these 16 / NOTEBOOKS OFTHEMIND may also be the final test of knowledge...
... contest ofthe ‘survival ofthe fittest’, it has only been in the past hundred years or so, with the rise especially of psychology, that the focus of attention has been on the workings ofthe human ... settle their differences and work with the naval power ofthe Athenians in repelling the successors ofthe Assyrians, the Persians under Darius, when they pushed into the mainland in the generation ... walls; and I cut off the limbs ofthe officers, ofthe royal officers who had rebelled Ahiababa [the rebel leader] I took to Ninevah, I flayed him, I spread his skin upon the wall of Ninevah Assyrian...
... cutting edge) The chip width and thickness are the dimensions that define the theoretical cut ofthe edge into the workpiece material Hence, the chip thickness will vary with the size ofthe plan ... alleviated by either increasing the dynamic stiffness ofthe system, or by increasing the damping NB Dynamic stiffness can be defined as the ratio ofthe amplitude ofthe force to the vibrational ... preparation, the P-hone directs the cutting forces into the body ofthe insert Honing can be specified in a number of sizes, usually being determined by the amount of time these insert spend in the honing...
... provides the immediate reaction to the events of reality The ego is the first line of defense between the self and the outside world It tries to balance the two extremes ofthe id and the superego ... three of Freud's major ideas are still part of modern thinking about themind One is the idea ofthe unconscious mind Another is that we not necessarily know what drives us to the things we And the ... Many of Freud's theories about how themind works also had strong sexual connections These included what he saw as the repressed feelings of sons toward their mothers and daughters toward their...
... on the subject More recently, theories ofthe human mind such as the Freudian theory of psychoanalysis, the Skinnerian theory of reinforcement, and connectionism have vied for the attention of ... to the theory of natural selection was to devise what he believed to be a second evolutionary theory: the theory of sexual selection In contrast to the theory of Darwin got sick at the sight of ... the wire mother than to the terry cloth mother Yet precisely the opposite occurred The baby monkeys would climb onto the wire mothers for food but chose to spend the rest of their time with the...
... principles ofthe system ofthe universe, and extirpated upon this subject the dreams of romance and the dogmas of superstition Literature has unfolded the nature ofthe human mind, and Locke and others ... prefaced with a statement ofthe editor’s commitment to the 16 TheCrisisof Literature in the 1790s broader project of rethinking the exclusionary effects ofthe master narratives of Romanticism.27 ... from the superstitions ofthe weak, and the imposing craft ofthe subtle’ (323) Thomas Holcroft placed a similar emphasis on the art of printing’ in the defence of this progressivist vision of...
... children faced during thecrisis period: ▪ There was one boy who was being taken care of by the uncle They stay in Langas Langas was, let me say, it was the heat ofthe violence there This boy is ... and at the time ofthecrisis they tried to travel back to the home, the rural home He told us he forgot his medication at home Reaching half ofthe way, he had forgotten his medication There ... because ofthe perceived risk to members of their ethnicity in that community, and experiencing mistrust from patients because ofthe providers' ethnicity In the context of this conflict period, the...
... prefaced with a statement ofthe editor’s commitment to the 16 TheCrisisof Literature in the 1790s broader project of rethinking the exclusionary effects ofthe master narratives of Romanticism.27 ... authority, these apparently distinct histories became part ofthe same story ofthe fragmentation ofthe ideal of literature as a public sphere The excesses generated by the French Revolution, on the ... sphere altogether in favour of an equation of literature with poetry But these Romantics, as we now refer to them, none the less sought to establish the importance of their vision of aesthetic expression...
... interprets the war in its causes, theatres of war, and the goals ofthe war.’’76 The public looked to The mindscape ofthe East 169 geography to explain titanic events taking place around the country’s ... the area German theatres rose up to dominate the cultural landscape Up at the front, institutions of German Work strained towards the most advanced outposts of culture Each The mindscape ofthe ... similar impressions of expanses.6 Even the cover ofthe Tenth Army’s songbook showed endless ranks of soldiers marching through snow across empty lands.7 The mindscape ofthe East 153 Other features...
... the unaided eye The story of our discovery ofthe Milky Way and other galaxies is in many ways the chronicle ofthe popularity, demise, and renewal ofthe theory of island universes None ofthe ... underneath you on the other side ofthe Earth The apparent daily movement ofthe sky is, of course, due to the rotation ofthe Earth, not the sky, and we know that the stars are not all at the same distance, ... but these disputes referred to the nature ofthe diffuse light ofthe Milky Way, not to the structure ofthe system of stars Early astronomers pictured the stars distributed on the surface of...
... emergence ofthe public debt crisis marked the start of a partial decoupling of public sector borrowing costs from those ofthe non-financial private sector, as the trend in the bond yield spread ofthe ... reflect the borrowing costs of all companies in the country The analysis of financing costs via the market ofthe national private sectors thus amply confirms the conclusions ofthe analysis at the ... were available at the time of running the estimations The results of these estimations are summarised in a table in the annex For each ofthe estimated models, the analysis ofthe impulse response...
... after the end ofthe sample period While both banks recorded profits for the first half of 2008 and gave a positive outlook for the remainder ofthe year, they publicly acknowledged losses after the ... interpreted as the effect ofthe financial crisis on the supply of loans We observe the same level of magnitude for the DD estimates of consumer and mortgage loans In Panel D of Table 4, we present ... number of observations is reported in brackets The DD estimate is in bold The acceptance rates of both types of banks before the start ofthe financial crisis in August 2007 are shown in the first...
... bubble and ofthe S&L crisis on the global financial system were rather more limited; in the case ofthe S&L crisis, these effects were hardly noticeable Why then has the impact ofthe subprime ... holders ofthe mezzanine tranche get the entire excess ofthe return over the claim ofthe senior tranche and share it according to the shares ofthe mezzanine tranche that they holds If the return ... If the return on the mortgage portfolio exceeds the sum ofthe claims ofthe senior and mezzanine tranches, the claim ofthe mezzanine tranche is also paid off The holders ofthe final tranche,...