Rather than focus on the particular case of JSTOR, let us lift the
discussion up to the military-industrial complex level .. here being the
academic-publishing complex.
Fundamentally we have painted ourselves into the corner; our universities
and research institutions have colluded with the
Thanks for saying this.
As a non-academic without access to JSTOR, its so frustrating when a google
search throws up relevant academic papers in JSTOR or similar databases, and
I can't read them.
H.. as an Indian (forrmer) hacker lets see what can be done to strike
a blow for hactivism.
journalz.com ?
On Sep 17, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Sarbajit Roy wrote:
Thanks for saying this.
As a non-academic without access to JSTOR, its so frustrating when a google
search throws up relevant academic papers in JSTOR or similar databases, and
I can't read them.
H.. as an Indian
I wonder what Steve Harnad is doing these days?
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Probiotics, reduced anxiety, and thoughts about the weird, wrong
perception that we exist separately from our bodies, somehow.
Date: September 17, 2011 12:18:17 PM MDT
Subject: The Psychology Of Yogurt
Source: Wired Science » Frontal Cortex
Author: Jonah Lehrer
My latest WSJ column uses a
I cannot . for the life of me .. Understand what the mind-body problem is
any more than I can understand what the computing-transistor problem is (if,
indeed, there are still transistors in computers.) We would never wonder
why a better transistor would make the computing better; why would we
Maybe it's a cultural difference. I prefer kefir, myself. But then, I'm
pro-biotic...
--Doug
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Nicholas Thompson
nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:
I cannot … for the life of me …. Understand what the mind-body “problem” is
any more than I can understand what
Nick,
I have been thinking recently about trying to write a short story. It would
start with a version of Daniel Dennet's wonderful brain-in-a-vat. It would be a
story of a valiant man who volunteered for the procedure; he volunteered for
his love of science and the deep impact it would have on
This reminds me too much of two disparate concepts:
SF Author (from ABQ no less) book Proxies where orphaned children with
severe physical disabilities are offered an alternate existence by
becoming telepresence operators of space equipment (cheaper than
actually putting/keeping humans in
I suppose a reference to Horace the cheese would be too obscure...
Tory Hughes
www.toryhughes.com
Milagro Hacienda creativity retreat
The Creative Development manual
On Sep 17, 2011, at 8:01 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
This reminds me too much of two disparate concepts:
SF Author (from
Hello gentlemen and ladies,
I have been off chasing the moon again but I have been drawn back to earth,
Sounds like an overworked story line, but with a curiously contemporary vein. I
would hazard a guess you can turn this into a romp.
Might I suggest another twist to make it a bit
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