March 2011
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Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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“Trap one of these nightingales beneath a bell jar and time stops. … On...”
– Alan Lightman, Einstein’s Dreams
Mar 26th
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Mar 24th
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Mar 10th
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Mar 10th
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WatchWatch
BEAUTY as an evolutionary development: TED collaborates with animator Andrew Park to illustrate Denis Dutton’s provocative theory on beauty — that art, music and other beautiful things, far from being simply “in the eye of the beholder,” are a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins.
Mar 9th
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“So the next time someone says to you, “Cowboy Up” and make a...”
– David Eagleman on { Possibilianism } Geeking out: “having a creativity for new narratives and a comfort level with holding multiple possibilities in mind.”
Mar 9th
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Mar 9th
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“The biblical story suggests the Earth is 6000 years old, our best science tells...”
– David Eagleman on { Possibilianism }
Mar 9th
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The Critique of Judgement →
Kant’s Critique of Judgement, (1892) translated with Introduction and Notes by J.H. Bernard (2nd ed. revised) (London: Macmillan, 1914). Available in: HTML (various) PDF (text & fascimile) E-Pub
Mar 9th
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“The orator, then, promises a serious business, and in order to entertain his...”
– Immanuel Kant, The Critique of Judgement (1892)
Mar 9th
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Mar 9th
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“I should say that one of the problems of not using PowerPoint is I can’t...”
– Seth Lloyd on { Quantum Life }: how organisms have evolved to make use of quantum effects.
Mar 9th
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“It’s Quantum Hanky-Panky all the way down.”
– Seth Lloyd on { Quantum Life }: how organisms have evolved to make use of quantum effects.
Mar 9th
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“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be...”
– { T. S. Eliot } (via scienceisbeauty)
Mar 9th
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“There’s nothing sillier than an M.F.A. What does it mean? Did you learn...”
– Lawrence Weiner (via vanessamcqueen) •••••• An overly simplistic answer to an over-loaded question. I don’t disagree entirely, but couldn’t let this go around without interjecting, especially to that last bit: “They’re antithetical.”  No, they’re not. There...
Mar 2nd
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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story →
Mar 2nd
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Mar 2nd
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