Hang on to what you got
You aint got much but its all you got
Hang on to what you got
Little things mean a lot
[Clark 1970]
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
words
"With all their admitted uses, words have three limitations.
At worst they construct an artificial world wherein our actual feelings are camouflaged and people are reduced to stereotypes.
Second, even when their descriptions are reasonably accurate, descriptions are not the things described - menus are not the meal.
Finally, as mystics emphasize, our highest experiences elude words almost entirely,"
(Huston Smith)
At worst they construct an artificial world wherein our actual feelings are camouflaged and people are reduced to stereotypes.
Second, even when their descriptions are reasonably accurate, descriptions are not the things described - menus are not the meal.
Finally, as mystics emphasize, our highest experiences elude words almost entirely,"
(Huston Smith)
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
For and against
"If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between "for" and "against" is the mind's worst disease".
(Sent-ts'an, c. 700CE)
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(Sent-ts'an, c. 700CE)
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the adaptive problems early humans faced in ancestral human environments, the nature of the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with those ancient problems, and the ability of the resulting evolved psychological mechanisms to deal with the problems people face in the modern world.
Evolutionary psychology is currently advancing our understanding of altruism, moral behavior, family violence, sexual aggression, warfare, aesthetics, the nature of language, and gender differences in mate choice and perception. It is helping us understand the relationships between cognitive science, developmental psychology, behavior genetics, personality, and social psychology.
... more
... wikipedia
Evolutionary psychology is currently advancing our understanding of altruism, moral behavior, family violence, sexual aggression, warfare, aesthetics, the nature of language, and gender differences in mate choice and perception. It is helping us understand the relationships between cognitive science, developmental psychology, behavior genetics, personality, and social psychology.
... more
... wikipedia
Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, December 05, 2009
22. Wilderness. Sandburg, Carl. 1918. Cornhuskers
22. Wilderness. Sandburg, Carl. 1918. Cornhuskers: "Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.
22. Wilderness"
22. Wilderness"
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Wes Nisker
Dharma Teacher and stand up comic (biology flavour)
Audio talks at http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/191/
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