June 2012
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Jun 1st
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Jun 1st
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“I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Jun 1st
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Jun 1st
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May 2012
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WatchWatch
zeezeescorner: Judith Butler explains ‘gender performativity’, a term that refers to the ways in which gender norms are established, policed and resisted. While her academic writing is dense, Butler has a wonderful and engaging way of talking. Below is the transcript. Question: What does it mean that gender is performative? Judith Butler: It’s one thing to say that gender is performed and that...
May 31st
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May 31st
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May 26th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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To Do During This Summer
G1 Paint cabinet Redo bench Paint room Clean Acorn’s room A+ in psyc class Read: Designing Interactions, Outliers, Cognitive Science, Consciousness, Brian Greene (what science community thinks of him + Elegant Universe), A New Earth Volunteer Job (maybe)
May 20th
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May 20th
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“That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut...”
– Paulo Coelho 
May 19th
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“We are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions....”
– Tenzin Gyatson, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Ethics for a New Millennium (1999, p. 62)
May 19th
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“I am driven by two main philosophies, know more about the world than I knew...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson  
May 19th
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May 19th
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May 16th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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“What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.”
– Albert Einstein 
May 14th
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May 14th
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May 13th
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Psychologists reveal how emotion can shut down...
neurosciencestuff: May 8, 2012 Psychologists at Bangor University believe that they have glimpsed for the first time, a process that takes place deep within our unconscious brain, where primal reactions interact with higher mental processes. Writing in the Journal of Neuroscience, they identify a reaction to negative language inputs which shuts down unconscious processing. For the last quarter...
May 10th
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“Inside a mathematical proof lies literature. Some of the greatest mathematicians...”
– Reviel Netz, Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Stanford University, Inside a mathematical proof lies literature, says Stanford’s Reviel Netz, Stanford University Report, May 7, 2012. See also:  ☞ Oulipo - a group of writers interested in exploring the application of mathematical structures,...
May 9th
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May 9th
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May 9th
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“ “Each of us sees the world with the eyes he possess, and eyes see what they...”
– Jose Saramago, Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright and journalist (1922-2010), The Stone Raft, Mariner Books, 1996. (via amiquote)
May 9th
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“ “At some time in the history of the universe, there were no human minds, and at...”
– David Berlinski, American author, a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, On the Origins of the Mind (pdf), Discovery Institute, 2004 (via amiquote)
May 9th
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May 8th
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WatchWatch
Brian Greene: Is our universe the only universe?
May 3rd
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“We must constantly give birth to our thoughts out of our pain, and nurture them...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche. 3. Preface. The Gay Science. 
May 3rd
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Why do people think that consciousness is only in...
sharanam: K: There are neuroscientists and philosophers who would argue otherwise. See for example, Riccardo Manzotti or Alva Noë. A: What are their arguments? K: (from http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/apr/10/mind-outside-head-consciousness/) Manzotti is what they call a radical externalist: for him consciousness is not safely confined within a brain whose neurons select and store...
May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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April 2012
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Yūgen →
Yūgen is a Japanese word pertaining to a profound awareness of the universe which evokes feelings that are inexplicably deep and too mysterious for words. The word itself is like an extension of awareness, the aesthetic perception which allows us to conceive of the vastness of the universe- but carries it beyond into an inconceivably mysterious realm. The feeling of Awareness is induced by...
Apr 24th
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Apr 20th
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“The pillars have been astronomical icons since Hubble imaged them in 1995. They...”
– David Shiga, ‘Pillars of creation’ destroyed by supernova 
Apr 8th
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ListenCat Power, Paths of Victory 
Apr 8th
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Apr 5th
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“You do not need to change other people; you can change your reaction to them....”
– Orin
Apr 3rd
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Listentobia: Lauryn Hill Ex-Factor 1998  Always....
Apr 3rd
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“I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in...”
– Dalai Lama 
Apr 2nd
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“Most people these days don’t seem to respond to gentle prodding. Our problems...”
– Tony Horton
Apr 2nd
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“Americans today probably belong to the first generation on earth that looks at a...”
– Lauren Slater, Welcome to My Country 
Apr 2nd
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“Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that...”
– Yoko Ono, 1977
Apr 1st
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March 2012
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Mar 29th
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Mar 29th
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