April 2012
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March 2012
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How You Think About Intelligence Could Make You... →
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What’s the Latest Development?
How we think about intelligence may affect how intelligent we become, according to new research from Michigan State University. In an experiment, scientists asked individuals to complete a computer task in which it was very easy to make an error. The experiment observed that the brain releases two electrical pulses after a mistake is made,...
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“In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.”
– Donny Miller (via socialuprooting)
IMPORTANT: Transgender rights
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sunken—eyes:
unless you’ve been living in a cave (or have a large amount of privilege), you should know that people who are transgender/sexual are constantly hated/discriminated against in the U.S.
There are multiple petitions at change.org to help combat this. here’s the link the to the page: http://www.change.org/petitions#search/transgender rights Here are some links...
“Thoughts are addictive, and especially when they’re about things that are bad....”
– Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo (via yogachocolatelove)
Mantra of the Day: Be Vulnerable
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Allow yourself not to be perfect. Forget about not being hurt. Let yourself experience vulnerability. Open your heart. That’s the best way to live.
Another young, unarmed Black man shot to death in... →
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ATLANTA - A distraught mother says that all she wants is justice for her teenage son, who was shot and killed by security guards just minutes away from his home in metro Atlanta on Saturday night.
Candy Grimes, who insists her son was unarmed, wants police to arrest and prosecute the men who killed 18-year-old Ervin Jefferson. Officers have said that the killers are two private...
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find...”
– John Muir (via nirvikalpa) 