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Near the end of Joseph Henrich’s great new book on human evolution, The Secret of Our Success, I was stopped cold by this:
[L]anguage has at its core a rather serious cooperative dilemma: lying, deception, and exaggeration. Lying with language is...
by RobLewis
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on Mon Sep 19, 2016 at 08:38 AM PDT
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Do you remember the first book that you ever read as a child?
Mine has stuck with me since I was a wee little BFSkinner.
Under The Apple Tree was by Ginn & Co (Toronto, Canada) written by Ousley, Odille and was a Ginn Basic Reader. We...
by BFSkinner
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on Wed Aug 03, 2016 at 12:05 PM PDT
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It is one of those nights that I am in pain so I can’t fall asleep.. oy.
I cannot come up with another “Question of the Night” as I’ve already asked one for tonight, so I thought I would see if anyone is interested in playing a game based on what...
by BFSkinner
87 comments
on Sun Jul 31, 2016 at 09:16 PM PDT
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In a New Yorker interview from July 25, Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All.
Trump’s legal department has sent a cease and desist order to Schwartz. Trump’s campaign maintains that he was the real author rather than Schwartz. However, in the MSNBC...
by barehl
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on Wed Jul 20, 2016 at 05:15 PM PDT
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Although I am traveling, I still manage to put in time reading novels. Recently I read Arturo Perez-Reverte’s latest. Perez-Reverte whose taut but lush adventure and mystery novels generally take place in Spain during its long sad decline from world...
by Trenz Pruca
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on Sun Jul 17, 2016 at 08:10 PM PDT
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Tonight’s question comes to us from Catte Nappe. ;)
Basically do you like to ruin the suprise for yourself?
I know I sure do not.
I am going to draw a parallel to television series. I just joined netflix a few months ago…. I...
by BFSkinner
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on Fri May 06, 2016 at 08:12 PM PDT
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March is Women's History Month
Today is
World Math Day
National Banana Cream Pie Day
National Old Stuff Day
National Read Across America Day
by Tara Thralls
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on Wed Mar 02, 2016 at 11:56 PM PST
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I thought I would post this as a break from reading posts here attacking either Hillary or Bernie or insulting each other while Conservatives laugh at us.
Recently I read Arturo Perez-Re
by Trenz Pruca
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on Tue Feb 16, 2016 at 11:28 AM PST
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I just came across a story published 4 months before Ben Carson announced his candidacy for President. For some reason, it seems to have slipped out of the media’s recent scrutiny of Carson’s checker
by Sag
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on Sun Nov 15, 2015 at 08:04 AM PST
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How cool is this ?
by dhonig
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on Wed Sep 16, 2015 at 04:42 PM PDT
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Another July 4th has passed, and the myths surrounding that popularly celebrated national holiday seem as potent as ever on the 239th anniversary of the ...
by Cal3bg
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on Fri Jul 24, 2015 at 07:40 PM PDT
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As many of you know I will be going in for surgery in a few weeks and be inmobile for many weeks thereafter.
I thought that I would put together a reading list and collect the print books now, so I ...
by BFSkinner
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on Sat Mar 28, 2015 at 09:07 PM PDT
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I looked back on the diaries I wrote the last few years on my birthday. I find this year's a bit different. Once again I am glad to have made it this far and as long as I can keep learning, ...
by don mikulecky
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on Sun Mar 22, 2015 at 09:04 PM PDT
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In 1979 my best friend Gary Fisher and I rented a garage, and gave our two-man enterprise the grandiose name of " MountainBikes ." As it worked out, we were onto something, a design which turned ...
by RepackRider
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on Sun Mar 08, 2015 at 02:12 PM PDT
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I have lots to be thankful for. I am thankful that I was born when I was (1936) because any later would have made me live through even more of what is happening now. I am very afraid for those who ...
by don mikulecky
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on Thu Nov 27, 2014 at 09:31 AM PST
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My book on my two decades of bicycling adventure was released last month.
Today the Wall Street Journal reviewed it , and loved it.
Big day for me. Not that I was a fan of the WSJ, bought my ...
by RepackRider
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on Sat Nov 22, 2014 at 05:45 PM PST
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Republished from The Prairie Badger
In her new book, titled Off the Sidelines , Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said that some of her male colleagues on Capitol Hill made sexist remarks about her ...
by DownstateDemocrat
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on Thu Aug 28, 2014 at 02:08 PM PDT
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Just announced :
(New York, NY — July 30, 2014) George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President. ...
by Crashing Vor
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on Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 05:31 AM PDT
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I just read the Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change , which I'm about to highly recommend to you and anyone you have ever known. I'll even tease you with pretty previews of the book's pages, below.
by cgibosn
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on Wed Jun 11, 2014 at 07:17 AM PDT
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Since Rush Limbaugh pulled off a Bush v Gore voting coup to shamelessly steal the "Children's Choice" Book of the year award, it's time for us to create the title of his new book. I'll start:
Rush ...
by banthegop
29 comments
on Thu May 15, 2014 at 09:29 AM PDT
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