{"id":6561,"date":"2018-04-14T14:58:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T21:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/?p=6561"},"modified":"2020-10-18T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T18:43:27","slug":"recent-links-saved-from-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/2018\/04\/14\/recent-links-saved-from-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Links Saved from Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Pinker\u2019s favorite books<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2018\/03\/steven-pinkers-10-favorite-books.html\">http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2018\/03\/steven-pinkers-10-favorite-books.html<\/a><br \/>\ninclude title by Gamow, Dawkins, Deutsch, and his wife<\/p>\n<p>Sean Carroll\u2019s correctives to Jordan Peterson\u2019s fandom<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanmcarrollauthor\/posts\/1859262060811053<br \/>\n(with links to three essays about Peterson)<\/p>\n<p>Atlantic:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2018\/03\/human-existence-will-look-more-miraculous-the-longer-we-survive\/554513\/\">https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2018\/03\/human-existence-will-look-more-miraculous-the-longer-we-survive\/554513\/<\/a><br \/>\nWhy Earth&#8217;s History Appears So Miraculous: The strange, cosmic reason our evolutionary path will look ever luckier the longer we survive<\/p>\n<p>Paul Giamatti and Stephen Colbert talk obscure science fiction<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Giamatti And Stephen Are Science Fiction Nerds\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O7Hya8UA4JY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>WaPo<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/inspired-life\/wp\/2017\/11\/22\/at-yale-we-conducted-an-experiment-to-turn-conservatives-into-liberals-the-results-say-a-lot-about-our-political-divisions\/\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/inspired-life\/wp\/2017\/11\/22\/at-yale-we-conducted-an-experiment-to-turn-conservatives-into-liberals-the-results-say-a-lot-about-our-political-divisions\/<\/a><br \/>\nAt Yale, we conducted an experiment to turn conservatives into liberals. The results say a lot about our political divisions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nFor example, over a decade now of research in political psychology consistently shows that how physically threatened or fearful a person feels is a key factor \u2014 although clearly not the only one \u2014 in whether he or she holds conservative or liberal attitudes.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>David Brin on the Basic Human Dilemma<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/davidbrin.blogspot.com\/2018\/03\/the-basic-human-dilemma-and-some-brin.html\">https:\/\/davidbrin.blogspot.com\/2018\/03\/the-basic-human-dilemma-and-some-brin.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harper\u2019s: Crowley reviews Le Guin<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/harpers.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/the-whole-household-of-man\/<\/p>\n<p>Video showing the full rotation of the moon, on Brian Cox\u2019s page<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/professorbriancox\/permalink\/1793476167343953\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/professorbriancox\/permalink\/1793476167343953\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>None of this really happened \u2013 some perspective on historical and religious myths<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/godlessindixie\/2018\/02\/18\/none-really-happened\/<\/p>\n<p>Why even intelligence doesn\u2019t necessarily protect you from delusional beliefs<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com\/2018\/02\/rationalization-why-your-intelligence_13.html\">https:\/\/imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com\/2018\/02\/rationalization-why-your-intelligence_13.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WSJ: Steven Pinker on the Enlightenment (a gloss on his new book)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-enlightenment-is-working-1518191343\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-enlightenment-is-working-1518191343<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LA Times: the rationales of flat earthers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-na-colorado-flat-earth-20180115-story.html\">http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-na-colorado-flat-earth-20180115-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why are conservatives more susceptible to believing lies?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2017\/11\/why_conservatives_are_more_susceptible_to_believing_in_lies.html\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2017\/11\/why_conservatives_are_more_susceptible_to_believing_in_lies.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The answer is 63<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/13.7\/2017\/11\/12\/562802511\/the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything-it-s-63\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/13.7\/2017\/11\/12\/562802511\/the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything-it-s-63<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baptist News: the death of Christianity in the US<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2fLClJZnvN\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/article\/death-christianity-u-s\/\">The death of Christianity in the U.S.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe death of Christianity in the U.S.\u201d \u2014 Baptist News Global\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/article\/death-christianity-u-s\/embed\/#?secret=vuVsj3RFUL#?secret=2fLClJZnvN\" data-secret=\"2fLClJZnvN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aeon: The good guy\/bad guy myth: Pop culture today is obsessed with the battle between good and evil. Traditional folktales never were. What changed?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-is-pop-culture-obsessed-with-battles-between-good-and-evil\">https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-is-pop-culture-obsessed-with-battles-between-good-and-evil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David McRaney on fake news (via Geoffrey A. Landis Fb post)<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/geoffrey.a.landis\/posts\/10213248303235908<\/p>\n<p>Science fiction for economists<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/noahpinionblog.blogspot.pe\/2013\/05\/science-fiction-for-economists.html\">http:\/\/noahpinionblog.blogspot.pe\/2013\/05\/science-fiction-for-economists.html<\/a><br \/>\nnovels by Vinge, Doctorow, Le Guin, Stross, Niven\/Pournelle, Bacigalupi, Heinlein, Sterling, Egan, Stephenson, Martin, Atwood, Effinger, Brunner<\/p>\n<p>Richard Feynman quote<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would rather have questions that can&#39;t be answered than answers that can&#39;t be questioned. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6bIQlT32zf\">pic.twitter.com\/6bIQlT32zf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Prof. Feynman (@ProfFeynman) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ProfFeynman\/status\/947850373829558272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The immensity of the universe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/syfywire\/the-immensity-of-the-universe-and-our-place-in-it\">http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/syfywire\/the-immensity-of-the-universe-and-our-place-in-it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How the religious right wins converts, to atheism<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2017\/12\/here-are-8-ways-the-religious-right-wins-converts-to-atheism\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Pinker\u2019s favorite books http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2018\/03\/steven-pinkers-10-favorite-books.html include title by Gamow, Dawkins, Deutsch, and his wife Sean Carroll\u2019s correctives to Jordan Peterson\u2019s fandom https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanmcarrollauthor\/posts\/1859262060811053 (with links to three essays about Peterson) Atlantic: https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2018\/03\/human-existence-will-look-more-miraculous-the-longer-we-survive\/554513\/ Why Earth&#8217;s History Appears So Miraculous: The strange, cosmic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/2018\/04\/14\/recent-links-saved-from-facebook\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6561"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6565,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561\/revisions\/6565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}