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Month: December 2016

#Brexit, the populist surge and the crisis of complexity

AuthorShane O'MaraPosted on December 29, 2016Leave a comment on #Brexit, the populist surge and the crisis of complexity

Originally posted on Paul Arbair:
The British vote in favour of an exit from the EU has thrown the UK’s political system into chaos and shocked Europe and the world. The long-term consequences of this vote are still unclear, but some fear it could trigger the undoing of the UK and accelerate the disintegration of…

“Need research? Give us an article url and we’ll find you a legal copy”

AuthorShane O'MaraPosted on December 27, 2016Leave a comment on “Need research? Give us an article url and we’ll find you a legal copy”

“Need research? Give us an article url and we’ll find you a legal copy” @OA_Button https://medium.com/@openaccessbutton/need-research-give-us-an-article-url-and-well-find-you-a-legal-copy-b7936e839cc7

Rebecca Lemov reviews ‘Why Torture Doesn’t Work’ and ‘Guantanamo Diary’ on Soundcloud 

AuthorShane O'MaraPosted on December 25, 2016Leave a comment on Rebecca Lemov reviews ‘Why Torture Doesn’t Work’ and ‘Guantanamo Diary’ on Soundcloud 

https://m.soundcloud.com/the-tls From the Times Literary Supplement.

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Symptoms Of The Universe

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. ~ Neil Peart

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Thoughts on Brexit from BEERG's Tom Hayes

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Shane O'Mara's experimental brain research lab.

Fardels Bear

A History of the Alt-Right

Walkable Streets

Town Design and Transportation Planning

Slate Star Codex

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INSIDE OUT

Thoughts, Musings, Links and Essays from Perspectiva.

Bits of DNA

Reviews and commentary on computational biology by Lior Pachter

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A methodology blog for social psychology

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A companion to the journal Behavioural Public Policy

Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy

Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling

disorderedworld

Knowledge That Can Change The World

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basic statistics

simple steps to improve statistical analyses in neuroscience & psychology

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Improving the replicability of empirical research

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A psychology blog. Thoughts about the mind, science, society, and whatever else.

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Behavioural and data science. Economics. Evolutionary biology.