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New Documentary about Zen Hermits in China looks an interesting re-edit of Amongst White Clouds which is about 20 years old now. I ve yet to watch it but the original was very influential on me, I remember my friends Michael, owen, ash at my Student co-operative who were all part of some epic underground [ ]
I think this is amusing toxoplasmosis is a parasite spread through mice to cats to humans. In the case of mice the toxoplasmosis causes the mice to be dopey and more easily distractable so they are more easily caught and spread to cats. Humans are infected through spending time with cats and coming in [ ]
Bhante Sujato at https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/a-suttacentral-creativity-multiplier/33579 I got the idea indirectly from a talk at the Digital Buddhism conference by Christian Wittern. Just an amazing man! He’s built this system that allows user input for a taxonomy for texts. That’s great, but (a) it’s hard and (b) its, well, a taxonomy But the thing that he said [ ]
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Truthmaker For any proposition that is true, there is something that *makes* it true. Thus true statements entail an ontology (a theory about what sort of things exist). An intuition underlying truthmaker is that a true proposition is about something. This simply is not the case. Take a formal language and test a statement for [ ]
What can blindsight tell us about the nature of consciousness? Unless you are a Zombie, you are probably familiar with the concept of Qualia, although perhaps not the word. Qualia is a abstract noun given to things like the redness of red , the smell of freshly baked bread, the feelings of sunshine on our back, [ ]
What is it that we demand when we demand economic equality ? A charge often leveled at those who demand economic equality is that this demand rests on the false premise that there is a finite amount of wealth in the world. The idea being that there is a finite amount of money, and that when [ ]
Why does the grocery store have an express checkout with the sign that says limit 12 per customer . One hypothesis is that it is in order to make sure the line remains fast, and people could quickly leave the store. But, if you notice, the express line is always the same speed as the other [ ]
In Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy the computer Deep Thought famously gives the answer to The Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything as 42. Ever since geeks have pondered and wondered about the reasons why Douglas Adams choose 42. Did he just pick an arbitrary number? Or was there really something to [ ]
Have you picked up a stick and thrown it for your dog to chase? Turns out you could owe royalties to the holder of a patent on sticks from trees Let s face it. The patent system is fucked.