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Learn What You Wanna Do. Gradint, a program for self-study of foreign languages. Back to Silas S.

Gradint, a program for self-study of foreign languages

Brown’s home page | Chinese version Gradint is a program that can be used to make your own self-study audio tapes for learning foreign-language vocabulary. You can use it to help with a course, to prepare for speaking assignments, or just to keep track of the vocabulary you come across. <IMG SRC=diagram.jpg HEIGHT=400 WIDTH=1800 ALT=""><br />(If you have an SVG viewer, you can <A HREF=diagram.svg>download a clearer version</A>) Gradint uses a variant of the “graduated-interval recall” method published by Pimsleur in 1967. Gradint gives only audio, so you concentrate on pronunciation. Gradint is free software (as in “open source”), distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL v3). Setup instructions Download the appropriate version: For Windows PCs (including ones in “restricted mode”), download the Windows installer and run it. Anki - friendly, intelligent flashcards.

Thinking styles - StumbleUpon. The following is edited and adapted from It is intended to supplement personal understanding and enhance critical self-examination of yourself as a communicator.

thinking styles - StumbleUpon

Styles of Thinking. Allegory of the Cave - StumbleUpon. Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms.

Allegory of the Cave - StumbleUpon

The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. Critical thinking web. Game Theory. First published Sat Jan 25, 1997; substantive revision Wed May 5, 2010 Game theory is the study of the ways in which strategic interactions among economic agents produce outcomes with respect to the preferences (or utilities) of those agents, where the outcomes in question might have been intended by none of the agents.

Game Theory

The meaning of this statement will not be clear to the non-expert until each of the italicized words and phrases has been explained and featured in some examples. Doing this will be the main business of this article. First, however, we provide some historical and philosophical context in order to motivate the reader for the technical work ahead. 1.

The mathematical theory of games was invented by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern (1944). Despite the fact that game theory has been rendered mathematically and logically systematic only since 1944, game-theoretic insights can be found among commentators going back to ancient times. SCHOPENHAUERS 38 STRATAGEMS, OR 38 WAYS TO WIN AN ARGUMENT - StumbleUpon. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), was a brilliant German philosopher.

SCHOPENHAUERS 38 STRATAGEMS, OR 38 WAYS TO WIN AN ARGUMENT - StumbleUpon

These 38 Stratagems are excerpts from "The Art of Controversy", first translated into English and published in 1896. Carry your opponent's proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it. The more general your opponent's statement becomes, the more objections you can find against it. The more restricted and narrow his or her propositions remain, the easier they are to defend by him or her. Fallacy List - StumbleUpon.

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Fallacy List - StumbleUpon

FAULTY CAUSE: (post hoc ergo propter hoc) mistakes correlation or association for causation, by assuming that because one thing follows another it was caused by the other. example: A black cat crossed Babbs' path yesterday and, sure enough, she was involved in an automobile accident later that same afternoon. example: The introduction of sex education courses at the high school level has resulted in increased promiscuity among teens.

A recent study revealed that the number of reported cases of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) was significantly higher for high schools that offered courses in sex education than for high schools that did not. 2. Model. Today I Found Out. Talks. Chaîne de destinws2. Get your own backwards bike here ⇒ Support Link: ⇒ ⇐ ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓READ MORE: ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ Here's the link from the Amsterdam meetup!

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(I usually make a localized facebook post before I visit a city to see if anyone wants to high five.) Comment threads on Reddit: (Bicycling)My Instagram account: Support Link: Why you should learn to lucid dream. If you’ve never experienced it then you may find it hard to understand what lucid dreaming is all about.

Why you should learn to lucid dream

In fact you may be thoroughly sceptical and dismiss the whole thing as silly nonsense. But I can tell you from personal experience that lucid dreams are very real and something that many millions of people regularly enjoy. Note: Due to the huge amount of interest that this post has generated I am now seriously considering writing a book on the subject, and I would welcome input from anyone with an interest.

If you have any anecdotes, suggestions, dreams or anything else you’d like to share with me for possible inclusion in the book, please email me. Your contribution can be anonymous and you may change any and all names/characters as you wish. Lucid dreaming is when you experience full consciousness while dreaming. You may also have another question on your mind, along the lines of “What’s the big deal with being conscious while dreaming, anyway?” Experiencing a lucid dream.