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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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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...
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...
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...
“[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...