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Friday, September 26, 2008, 07:00 PM: Truthiness and Agnotology

Does the massive increase in communications technology -- the internet, cell phones, satellite and cable television, internet video like youtube, and so on -- make us more informed? Or does it do the opposite -- spead doubt, confusion, lies, mythology, crackpot conspiracy theories, and the like? Bandwidth will keep increasing and increasing, so what should we expect for the future?

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Animal-Assisted Therapy and Loneliness in Nursing Homes: Use of Robotic versus Living Dogs

We compared the ability of a living dog and a robotic dog (AIBO) to treat loneliness in elderly patients living in long-term care facilities. Interactive robotic dogs can reduce loneliness in residents of long-term care facilities and that residents become attached to these robots.

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