- Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain, new research reveals - Telegraph Odd story--all seems to come down to using difficult words
- Education Week: Probing the Science of Value-Added Evaluation A little arcane, but useful background
- Metaphors Interesting piece on the obligatory nature of metaphor, and how metaphors frame our understanding of issues. See also this linked piece from Farnam Street, which is on a roll at the moment.
- And Reality is shaped by the words we use a simple and accessible exposition of early Wittgenstein.
- Climate Change | New Scientist Fascinating interactive map plotting temperature changes over 20-year periods
- Randomised trials, blinding, systematic reviews and publication bias, using the 1000 commonest words #upgoerfive Ben Goldacre tries to explain complex ideas with only the thousand commenest (English) words; could become addictive (following xkcd).
- It's Internet Freedom Day: time to share MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech - Boing Boing a few days late
- Marek Kohn – Us and them Introduction to inter-group processes
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