the aim of my argument (1) is to reconceptualise what is now called religious studies as the study of institutionalised values, and the relation between values and the legitimation of power in a specific society. though i do not talk much about power here, it is always a fundamental issue in the study of specific social groups.the first assumption which i make in this paper is that the way anal...

People see themselves differently from how they see others. They are immersed in their own sensations, emotions, and cognitions at the same time that their experience of others is dominated by what can be observed externally. This basic asymmetry has broad consequences. It leads people to judge themselves and their own behavior differently from how they judge others and those others' behavior. ...

There is a ghost in the universe. Many things are “invisible” because they do not emit light at wavelengths we can see: newborn stars glowing infrared, microwaves from start of universe, and rapidly spinning neutron all shine, just it parts spectrum that human eyes blind to. But these still light, kind. We could call this “type one” invisibility: invisible point view beings but perfectly visibl...

The book follows an intricate history of computing that hinges its thesis on the to a word ‘transparency’ as method in field engineering is meant make invisible what otherwise always working within computer. For author, rendering computation transparent reveals inherent politics notion user-friendliness. contribution Black makes tracing principle transparency pre-history graphical user interfac...

Based on transformation optics‎, ‎we propose an illusion device that can make‎ ‎objects look much smaller and different than they actually are‎. ‎In particular‎, ‎the device has a capability to hide a large object (like an elephant) into a‎ ‎small one (like a matchbox)‎. ‎Compared to previous proposals for illusion‎ ‎devices‎, ‎there is no requirement for negative refractive index or for spee...