Neural correlates of beauty

Neural correlates of beauty: “What exactly is beauty?”, is an old and unanswered question. It is one of those fringe qualia of consciousness – not a perception but a feeling, like familiarity or certainty, which is attached to a perception. But the criteria for this feeling has never been settled. A recent paper by Ishizu and Zeti (citation below) [...]...

Ishizu, T., & Zeki, S. (2011) Toward A Brain-Based Theory of Beauty. PLoS ONE, 6(7). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021852  Toward A Brain-Based Theory of Beauty

There is one overlap between visual and auditory beauty and no overlap between visual and auditory ugliness! ☯
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In China, it's Mongolian Cow Yogurt Super Girl | csmonitor.com

In China, it's Mongolian Cow Yogurt Super Girl | csmonitor.com: "China's 'Super Girl' is an American Idol-style TV show whose grand finale of dancing and singing drew 400 million viewers here last Friday night, roughly equivalent to every person in the US and Britain."

China the place to be?

China the place to be?
China kent momenteel circa 100 miljoen internetgebruikers en dit aantal zal naar verwachting groeien naar 187 miljoen in 2007. 80% van de internetgebruikers gebruikt Baidu.com als searchengine, met het gevolg dat Baidu op de zesde plaats in de Alexa top 10 staat.
Met een internetmarkt van deze omvang, lijkt China..

Noorderlicht Nieuws: Het luchtbedbeestje

Noorderlicht Nieuws: Het luchtbedbeestje
In China zijn opmerkelijk goed bewaarde fossielen gevonden uit het Ediacara, het tijdperk dat voorafging aan de Cambrische explosie. De fossielen, 550 miljoen jaar oud, geven een driedimensionaal kijkje in het binnenste van een van de vreemdere kostgangers van de evolutie.

China puts surfers in therapy from Guardian Unlimited: Onlineblog

China puts surfers in therapy from Guardian Unlimited: Onlineblog

Philosophy Channel of Undernet IRC

Philosophy Channel of Undernet IRC

Confucius say: I didn't say that!

The grave of emperor Qin Shi Huang - the first emperor of china

Don't get mad. Get even! - Aerosmith

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | China leaders warn of corruption
"We must develop a stronger sense of crisis, draw experience and lessons from the success and failure of other ruling parties in the world and enhance our governance capability in a more earnest and conscientious manner," the report said.
"Some leading party members don't have a strong sense of responsibility, personal integrity, a down-to-earth style of work or a close connection with the general public," it said.
So let 10,000 flowers bloom when we -the communistic party- purify the nation

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think

:: Xinhuanet - English ::Hu Jintao calls for rule of law...Hu Jintao reaffirmed the need to improve the socialist legal system and institutionalize and legalize democracy to ensure the stability, continuity and authority of China's legal system and laws.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

妇女企业家跑China's 私人企业的更多百分之40, 说顾・Xiulian, China's 全国People's 国会(NPC), 星期四常务委员会的副女主席。顾, 还总统所有中国Women's 联盟, 说, 妇女并且处理国营企业和集体企业的百分之28 和股份持有公司的百分之28 。
So in china women are equal, as equal as a doormat

YO!

YO!

Yi Ching Book 1

Yi Ching Book 1

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Happy Chinese New Year - 2004 is the Year of the Monkey.