presence doesn't require personalized narrative
A person known as K.C. has contributed significantly to understanding narrative and sense of presence of another. In 1981, at age 30, K.C. received a major head injury in a motorcycle accident. Despite his injury, K.C. retained normal human adult language skills. He also retained common knowledge about the world and knowledge about causal relations [...]
Tagged: biology
COB-18: bureaucratic arts
In our continual efforts to increase appreciation for bureaucratic arts, we visited the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The art was generally well-labeled and neatly organized. The most important work in the Gallery was a wood cabinet entitled Bureau of Bureaucracy. The Bureau of Bureaucracy was large and intricately crafted, and included [...]
listen
Only unpaired male nightingales sing at night.
digital presentation technologies at trial
Drawing upon neuroscience research on multisensory processing, I suggested that new digital combinations of evidence should be required to be introduced within the evidentiary portion of trials. Here I further consider trial procedure and the actual operation of courts. Under the proposed rule for digital presentation technologies, counsel would be allowed to present evidence in [...]
Tagged: images, law
my favorite cousin
My favorite cousin invites me to dinner!
latest game news
Contemplating my future, I picked up yesterday the December issue of the (free) newspaper The Beacon (“in focus for people over 50″). It consisted of 80 tabloid-size pages, with some original articles, mainly syndicated content, and generously interspersed advertisements. The paper claims a readership in excess of 300,000 and won a 2006 General Excellence “Best [...]
Tagged: games
remembering Dan Sachs
A monumental stone building remains long beyond the form of its namer’s dust. But the fragile, decaying matter of human lives, connected in ordinary ways, prevails. Not merely prevails, but grows. Daniel M. Sachs, Princeton Class of 1960, was a mighty footballer and a top-honors student. He attended Worcester College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship, [...]