http://www.tdaxp.com Doctoral Candidate at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:53:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Those who remember 2000 remember George Bush's quixotic pursuit of "human dignity," whil Gore talked about "human rights." The reason was that Bush wanted a non-interventionist foreign policy that would let us stay home. "Human rights" is associated with International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law, and ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/20/obama-a-fool-or-a-naif-on-foreign-policy.html Today's food for thought: 40% of income is heritable. Only 2% of income as a function of IQ is. Hundreds of gene affect height; blondness can be controlled with four Analysis: Making babies: the next 30 years Blog Post: Which baby do you want? A dilemma for the 21st century parent-to-be Many discussions on ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/19/the-new-core-sets-the-new-rules-on-designer-babies.html My Adventure to Enlightenment. You should.  It's a pretty fun blog.  The subtitle, "Thoughts on Books, Blogs, Politics, Warfare, History, Religion, and Life.," reveals a blogger as eclectic as I am.  I'm impressed! http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/19/have-you-read-my-adventure-to-enlightenment.html In this post, I outline existing research on the role of self efficacy in creativity and propose future research to further explain the power of creative self-efficacy. To do this, I first discuss the concept of self-efficacy and its measurement, as described by Bandura (1977, 1997), as well as ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/18/some-thoughts-on-creative-self-efficacy.html Sean, the mind behind Interact the editor behind Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog, has another side: check out this from Aviation Week: Ares Homepage One of the best parts of my visit here to Farnborough has been the F-22 demonstration flight on Monday, the first time the F-22 has flown in such ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/18/what-has-sean-been-up-to.html A friend of mine -- who's day job is at a very large and well respected software company -- is also trying to improve website owner-user communication through creating a web applet which allows MSN or "google talk" style communication, without the need for private accounts. From the latest ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/18/new-version-of-etalkup.html Barack Obama eloquently and persuasively makes the case that Barack Obama has no idea what he's talking about. My favorite part is about 3:30 in, where Obama calls for full withdrawal in 16 months, and then denies he ever advocated withdrawing troops. It's not a sin to be wrong on the surge. ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/17/barack-obama-and-the-surge.html Good news, if true. The real attack on Iran is coming from our decapitation of Persian society, where around a 10th of the Iranian population (typically the most ambitious and education) has left the Islamic Republic. The Weekly Standard The sourcing on the story is thin, but it feels like a ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/17/iranian-american-normalization.html From what I gather, police actions in China go through three stages. 1. An officer will attempt to persuade the subjects to cease their behavior. For instance, there is a Youtube video of a pro-Tibet protestor outside Carrefour in Beijing. The officer attempts to convince the protester that he ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/17/the-wenchuan-earthquake-and-chinese-police-response.html Lady of tdaxp and I have been watching Stanley Kubrick films recently, adding Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Full Metal Jacket to our joint list of Eyes Wide Shut and A Clockwork Orange. We also enjoyed WALL-E. So I was delighted by Adam's excellent analysis of ... http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/17/wall-e-christianity-and-kubrick.html