LORMALIZED = Lorenz + nOrmalization + Real-tiMe + interActive + visuaLize + partIcles + reZa +...

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying...

Whatever intelligence is, it can't be intelligent all the way down. It's just dumb stuff at the bottom. — Andy Clark I believe we act based on a fundamental reliance on gut feelings. What we do is merely following 'the line of least resistance'. Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. — William...

At this stage, I believe, science and mathematics are the only ways of knowing. There are other ways. There is introspection to find and convey meaning. There are self-contained rules, as in gaming or computer programming, that can be made-up and learnt. Nevertheless, these ways of knowing are not concerned with empirical inquiry about the...

I joined this endeavor something like 1000 days ago, and in the intervening time since then I've gone through a city, two graduate schools, and the love of another. Back then the Influence of Gas Light or Electric Light on the Growth of Paraheliotropic Trees was just a nubbin, a twinkle in my mind's eye. A barely there. Almost a wasn't. I...

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Simulated patterns for 5,6,7, &11 plane waves : This is a diffraction pattern of a real 3D...

Imagine the function Light the matter again Steady to entertain Sense at edge and...

Surface is laying on some logarithmic spiral arms. 20 of it can fill the surface of the Sphere,...

or The rise of the Cyber Unified Civilization (part 4) “Today, after over fifteen years of...

I am too much of skeptic to deny the possibility...

We all go to the same source when we die. There is no heaven or hell, we all come from the same...

LHC research program gets underway... Twitter feed: Webcast Status Display Press...

There was some interesting discussion today about the presentation of the self, to the self — the...

of SCIENCE ++ ++ Misconception...

Eat when you are hungry. Sleep when you are tired. - old Zen saying These streams of hyperlinks are turning us into possibility addicts. To stay sober is to stay fully present with a single idea. But I doubt even a zen master could resist the temptation of the endless electronic more. A net is just a bunch of holes tied together...

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Awwwe love to love you baby... When you're laying so close to me there's no place I'd rather you be than with me here Awwwe love to love you baby... Do it to me again and again you put me in such an awe-full spin in a spin Awwwe love to love you baby... Lay your head down real close to me soothe my mind and set me free set me...

The patented Aquapod™ is a unique containment system for marine aquaculture, suited for rough...

An extract from a recent article I wrote for 3quarksdaily.com - Go here for piece in full A face...

NotMarie:” I confess, I am not able to create a strong value judgment anymore, at least not as I used to.. 3V:” don’t confess assess.. NotMarie:” what do you mean? 3V:” I mean that instead of expelling out of your system a supposedly reflective reality of your mind, you should re-spect it and analyze the very meaning from which...

Today, future-oriented acts and thoughts are exposed to personal and collective interpretation...

The following video presents philosopher Manuel DeLanda as he speaks about materialism and...

Below is a link to a podcast recording of philosopher Slavoj Žižek at Birbeck College in London shooting off his usual Lacanian-Marxist philosophical fireworks. In it he waxes paradoxical on all things apocalyptic. As to be expected from the Slovenian rock-star intellectual, he makes some brilliant points while forcing his listeners to think for...

1. Write what you’d rather be reading. 2. Write about where it leads. 3. Search shall find,...

"Ticking away inside almost all cells are tiny clocks composed of protein gears. Scientists have known that these molecular clocks govern the daily rhythms of life, from mealtimes and bedtimes to the rise and fall of hormone levels, body temperature and blood pressure. New research shows that circadian clocks, as the daily timekeepers are...

лишь только то высокий смысл имеет, что узнает в своей...

GMT +1, the Amsterdam area

We are very hungry.

Whatever their true nature, dark energy (symbolized as Λ) and dark matter must dominate...

O… ilie…o' sol…o' sunshine…o' soul… o' merry mates o' soul, o' mates o' soul o' merry… o' merry… some-a me soma summa… O… sol o' soul o' solo soul, o' merry o', o' soma-soul, o' sum o' merry so merry,o' so merrily so… o' sol o' soul o' soma, some-a soma solo soul o' merry marry, some-a soul o' merry marry some-a...

Oh how the collective intelligence of the members of this website blows my mind... The recent posts about the illusion of individualism and the collective nature of the universe, I think, fit well with the topics discussed in this book I recently came across. I have only skimmed through it quickly, but as soon as I saw it I knew it would of...

If we were to replace our bodies, one atom at a time, would we be the same person? One would think...

Our ability to think has long been considered central to what makes us human. Now research suggests that our bodies and their relationship with the environment govern even our most abstract thoughts. This includes thinking up random numbers or deciding whether to recount positive or negative experiences. Do you agree with the conclusion...

What is the threshold for defining a simulated sentience as a legal person? Classically, we might...

The Impact Bias "Here's two different futures that I invite you to contemplate, and you can...

The ‘all-at-oncess’ of the network penetrates our psyche. Unconsciously, we want to be in tune with the immediacy of the grid. A lack of presence is incompatible with our electronic environment. Detachment is the highest value in a literate culture. Detachment is absurd when you are connected to everyone and everything. Our...

Show me matter that isn't changing, transforming, or withering away. Is there anything eternal...

Roles are immersive, dear diary app persona interface. Pause predicting bestsellers,measuring...

2010

We all go to the same source when we die. There is no heaven or hell, we all come from the same...

“[The net] makes the measurement of the self nearly inescapable, and makes the archive the model for the self rather than engaged presence.” —Rob Horning This was true in the past but as the dominant metaphor of the web shifts from pages to streams from objects to flows our model of the self is also shifting. When the web was slower...

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One would love to think that there is one person that has all the answers and can save humanity...