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Posted on January 31, 2009June 16, 2019 by: Leona

Truth and fiction, memoirs and meaning

I recently went to a talk by Stephen Kimber at The University Club of Toronto, where he spoke about the blurred lines between truth and …

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Posted on January 22, 2009July 29, 2019 by: Leona

Jobs for futurists

Updated 2012-02-17 :: version 05 – oh yeah. Ever dreamed of a job that simply doesn’t exist yet? Or a career in an unheard-of field or …

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Posted on January 17, 2009June 16, 2019 by: Leona

memes: mimicry vs replication

[updated 2009-03-03] The core thrust of making memetics a respectable science with falsifiable claims and other tell-tale signs of ‘rigour’ has been the idea of …

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Posted on January 4, 2009July 29, 2019 by: Leona

Rating, reviewing and ranking systems : Part 2

This is a continuation of my previous post on review systems. Having looked at some of things that make your average review system less-than-useful, I …

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Posted on January 4, 2009July 29, 2019 by: Leona

Rating, reviewing and ranking systems – Part 1

Ranking and rating are activities that are almost entirely subjective by nature. They are based on a (usually unknown) value system. In the case of …

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