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		<title>Not 21? Clearly You CANNOT Be NEAR alcohol.</title>
		<link>http://taruntribulations.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/age-restrictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My rant on why a 20.9 year old can't get into a 21 year old bar. Comments appreciated to support my argument!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=107&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pink Floyd: A Musical Overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[classic rock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an overview of Pink Floyd, one of my favorite bands. Enjoy!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=102&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone Has a Story</title>
		<link>http://taruntribulations.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/everyone-has-a-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I discuss the importance of getting to know people. There are six billion people on Earth...you probably know only .000000016% of them!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=97&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment and a Mildly-Uninformed Opinion on &#8220;Change&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://taruntribulations.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/unemployment-and-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I am not into politics, I do think that not a whole lot has been going on. But on the other hand, what can the national legislation and Obama really do anyway?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=95&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concepts and Categorization: Commentary on Goldstone 2003</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cogntive science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[equivlance class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exemplar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[perception language]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an abstraction from Concepts and Categorization, an essay from Dr. Robert Goldstone, a professor at Indiana University. The paper hashes out the idea of concepts and how they are useful, how they are represented, and what research in this area means for us.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=91&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Animals and Observed Rational Tendencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 03:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Animal rationality has been fiercely debated by well-known philosophers throughout history. The view of animal cognition today is far different than the view of ancient philosophers. In this essay, I argue that simple observation and intuitive research shows that animals do have rational cognitive tendencies based on both of these aspects of rationality. These tendencies can be observed in an animal’s natural environment as well as in controlled experiments.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=69&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Language and Cognitive Processess: Commentary on Carruthers 2009</title>
		<link>http://taruntribulations.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/commentary-carruther/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carruthers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[higher-order concept]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sapir-Whorf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first of a few commentaries on papers written in cognitive science, I tackle Carruthers' 2009 paper on "Language in Cognition." I provide a summary and some of my own insights, particularly in regards to a debate concerning which field spawned the other: language or thought?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=58&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Brave New Reality</title>
		<link>http://taruntribulations.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/a-brave-new-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 04:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neuro/Cogsci]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Principles and Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cognitive enhancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[machines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the world moving at a fast pace, there is always competition to try and stay ahead of the curve. But, the methodologies that one may use in the future to set the bar may be considered unethical, like cognitive enhancing drugs. While on the surface this debate seems to be well hashed out (with favoritism towards the illegality of these drugs), there is more to the story than one may think.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=53&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Less Fortunate or More Gifted?</title>
		<link>http://taruntribulations.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/less-fortunate-or-more-gifted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Principles and Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conformity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fortunate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[segregation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are people that are in smaller demographics less fortunate or more gifted to be in their situation?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=49&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art</title>
		<link>http://taruntribulations.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is art? Why are some things considered art and not others? Where do we draw the line?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taruntribulations.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6658456&amp;post=47&amp;subd=taruntribulations&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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