[monochrom] The Intellectual in the Infosphere

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Quote: "What qualifies as intellectual authority today is changing 
fundamentally. People are much less prepared to defer to the 
acknowledged experts in various fields. At the same time, however, we 
are being swamped with data and information -- a glut that cries out 
for analysis and summary. So there is a dilemma: Whom do we turn to?"
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[monochrom] Water Flows on Mars? Not So Fast...

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Signs of recent liquid water on Mars may have instead been caused by 
mini-avalanches of dirt. In December, NASA released photos of Martian 
gullies that showed enigmatic tracks of material suddenly appearing 
in the last five years. Researchers interpreted the deposits as 
having possibly come from trickling water.
The problem with that theory is that such features can be reproduced 
in the lab by letting small particles slide away, says granular 
materials researcher Troy Shinbrot of Rutgers University. "You find 
that every single thing that geologists say, 'Ah, that means there's 
water,' you can duplicate," says Shinbrot, who described his research 
on sliding grains at this week's meeting of the American Physical Society here.
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[monochrom] Elephants Pause for Reflection

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What's a girl to do when she discovers a large 
white cross on her forehead? In the case of 
Happy, an Asian elephant at the Bronx Zoo in New 
York, she raises her trunk and touches the cross 
on her mirror-image thereby passing a standard 
test known as the ‘mark test’. Happy’s 
response was on a par with those made when human 
children or great apes are presented with the test.
Happy, with her companions Patty and Maxine, were 
shown a very large mirror, and it was observed 
that after initial exploratory behaviour sniffing 
the mirror and looking behind it, the elephants 
took an increasing interest in their reflections. 
This led to each peering into its own mouth. 
There was no evidence of an elephant mistaking 
their reflection for that of another.
This self-recognizing trait is thought to relate 
to empathetic tendencies and the ability to 
distinguish oneself from others. The study was 
carried out by scientists from the Yerkes 
National Primate Research Centre, Emory 
University, and the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York.

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[monochrom] Christopher Lee... sings?

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Christopher Lee is a singer now. And the title of his first album is 
"Revelation".
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[monochrom] bundesministerium für hinterglasmale rei

[joerg piringer]

das bka kunst heisst jetzt ministerium und hat ein supertolles neues design:
http://www.bmukk.gv.at/kunst/index.xml

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[monochrom] Jean Baudrillard 1929–2007

[Günther Friesinger]

nun hat´s auch "den philosphen der postmoderne" erwischt:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard


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