Word: quirks
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...then there is the theory put forward by philosopher Colin McGinn that our vertigo when pondering the Hard Problem is itself a quirk of our brains. The brain is a product of evolution, and just as animal brains have their limitations, we have ours. Our brains can't hold a hundred numbers in memory, can't visualize seven-dimensional space and perhaps can't intuitively grasp why neural information processing observed from the outside should give rise to subjective experience on the inside. This is where I place my bet, though I admit that the theory could be demolished when...
Malaria also helps create a poverty trap with special ferocity in Africa. By a quirk of ecological fate, Africa has the world's heaviest toll of this disease, the result of its tropical climate, its specific types of mosquitoes and its limitless mosquito-breeding sites. Children are struck down in unmatched numbers. And Africa's disease toll from malaria may be even higher than previously recognized. Recent research has found that malaria infection increases the likelihood that an HIV-infected individual will transmit the AIDS virus to others. Many millions are also infected simultaneously with malaria and worm infections, multiplying...
...more ambitious film and a considerable achievement, particularly in the ways it permits authentic savagery to break through the leafy languidness of suburban life, powerfully reinforcing the notion that no matter how comfortable people believe they are, violence--sometimes open, sometimes present as a restless quirk of the mind--is never more than a heartbeat away...
...progress. Traineo CEO Aladair McLean-Foreman ’05 said the site’s users include “loads of college students.” McLean-Foreman, along with schoolmates Jennifer Y. Lee ’04, James J. Albertine ’04, Devin Lyons-Quirk ’05 created the site, which launched in August. Unlike other weight-loss websites, McLean-Foreman said Traineo tries to get a community behind user’s efforts to shed pounds. Traineo sends weekly e-mail updates to chosen family members or close friends, keeping these...
...hypothesis-testing an idea before it's added to the computer model, relies on historical data, and growth companies tend to work because of what has yet to happen. The fabulous returns of the past few years are "a rare occurrence," says Daniel Celeghin, an associate director at Casey, Quirk. "I wouldn't bet on it happening again anytime soon...