Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Cultural Universals

Fun area of study.
If a behavior is present across a whole specie, it is probably safe to assume its origin (but not the expression) is in the genotype?

I am currently reading The Evolution of Childhood by Melvin Connor, which has some cool lists of these universals.

Overview:
Cultural Universals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_universal
Behavioral Modernity:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_modernity

belief and pattern recognition

On TED, about "belief"

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-06-15&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Frank Sinatra would be proud...

I watched Michael Moore's latest, "Capitalism: A Love Story" this last weekend.
For me, the neatest thing in it was at the beginning of the credits. There you will hear Tony Babino's lounge style rendition of L' Internationale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP4l_PeBMyk