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Patternicity: Finding Meaningful Patterns in Meaningless Noise: Scientific American - 7 views

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      jackmcfarland12 on 27 Oct 12
       
      I really like this point. We are socialized at a young age to see things certain ways. Like a kid born and raised in feudal Japan would be a lot different that a kid born today in Britain. Seeing these patterns we are also trained at a primordial level to interpret them independent from what we are taught. Being educated by nature and society are two different things that come together to make our reality.
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The Road to Serfdom - Readers Digest, April 1945 Condensation - 7 views

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      jackmcfarland12 on 28 Sep 12
       
      Fascinating that in a country of free speech where all most forms of protest and talk can be tolerated people were so against publishing a book that thought differently. Perhaps they were afraid to endorse a dangerous idea like this because they were still so afraid of a "Red Scare" like reaction?
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Joanna Moorhead on the best country to give birth | Life and style | The Guardian - 18 views

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      jackmcfarland12 on 13 Sep 12
       
      In my sociology class we have been discussing the connections between social norms of genders and of different cultures. Whenever I picture a typical American childbirth i can always see the father nearby or helping in the delivery process, maybe even being one of the first to see the baby. In the Niger I guess the men see it as a totally female role until he can be used as labor, common in more underdeveloped communities.
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