The Science of Cognitive Everything. By Ross Bender While it is difficult to date with any real precision the origin of the academic discipline known as “The Science of Cognitive Everything”, certainly it has its advent in the development of the modern computer in the throes of the Second World War. Although historians of science are now inclined to look for forerunners in the work of the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) who invented a clunky calculating device, and the English mathematician Charles Babbage (1791-1871) whose “difference engine”, while not actually functional, preshadowed the modern computer, it is now agreed that the true creator of the computer as we know it was the brilliant English mathematician, computer scientist, philosopher and homosexual, Alan Turing.
Turing (1912-1954) worked with a team of British and American intelligence agents during the war at Bletchley Park to crack the famous German ENIGMA code machine. Institute for Research in Cognitive Science. BLACK SITES. Psych Tests. MYERS-BRIGGS FOR DUMMIES. Know your type! There are no "right" or "wrong" answers to these questions, written in incredibly lame prose in the last century by old ladies.
Your answers will help show how you like to look at things, whether you will (A) get the job or (B) not get the job, (C) be sent to or (D) Abu Ghraib or (E) prefer Pepsi to Coke. Knowing your own preferences and learning about other people's can help your bosses understand how to better manipulate you, and how different preferences can be valuable in capitalist society. Read each question carefully and mark your answer on the separate answer sheet. Try not to fall asleep while reading these quaint, antiquated questions and answers. Do not think too long about any question.
You will be automatically prompted by an electric shock if you doze off. PART I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. PART II. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. Affective Modulation Regime. . . . the rather disingenuous horror which Charles Dickens expressed after his cursory visit to the Eastern Penitentiary in in 1842. Inspired by the Panopticon design of Jeremy Bentham, the Eastern Penitentiary is of radial design, with seven wings extending from a central administrative hub.
In Dickens’ time, the “Pennsylvania System” was one of strict and absolute solitary confinement for the duration of the sentence. One hour of exercise in a solitary exercise yard was permitted each day, and soon after the initial incarceration prisoners were allowed to have some means of handicraft – a shoemaker’s last, a small loom. The rather crude and simplistic device of solitary confinement was designed, of course, to achieve a psychological transformation, and Dickens’ imaginative depiction of the mental state of the prisoners from the onset of their imprisonment is a delight to read. Dickens also sketches a portrait of the facial expression of the typical prisoner: CONDI VISITS CIA CAMPS. VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT. The Cipher of Roger Bacon by William Romaine Newbold edited by Roland Grubb Kent. DOONESBURY AND THE SUMERIAN DINGIR. Sumerian Signs: Determinatives Logographic sign used to help identify another sign's meaning Not pronounced; just clarifies meaning Common examples: god, man, woman, place, wood Since these are a special use of a logogram, we can use capital letters for transliteration as well.
DINGIR ("god, goddess") precedes the name of a diety Figure A Figure B Discussion: Is Gary Trudeau using a stylized version of the ancient Sumerian logographic determinative "dingir" to denote the divinity of George W. Bush? See also: The Science of Cognitive Everything The ancient Sumerian sign "dingir" (Figure A) is found on clay tablets in the Uruk IV period (3300-3200 BCE) and comprises one element of the earliest known writing system in the world.
Figure C Brick Inscription of Ur-Nammu This is a Sumerian brick inscription of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (2112-2095). Transcription: Inanna ninani Ur-Nammu nita kalaga lugal Urima, lugal Kiengi Kiurike eani munadu Inanna by Micha F. Figure D Temple of Inanna Figure E Figure F.