Monthly Archives: September 2008
Egonomics: the dichotomy of decision-self
I was reading/learning last night about the two (often competing) congnitive systems we have; for lack of better terminology I’m going to call them the “dopamine system” (DS) and the “cognitive system” (CS). Apparently the DS has developed to respond quickly to “instant” (or “instance”) decisions. Like when someone brings snacks in, and you happen … Continue reading
Northern Line canned at 8:50am this morning; took me another 40min on the bus to get here. It’s 45min walk from home!
glennji: I still hate the Met: Northern Line canned at 8:50am this morning; took me another 40min on the bus to get here. It’s 45min walk from home! Yep, I’m blogging tweets now. So I slept in this morning; Danielle got up at 6am, and whilst I could’ve followed her I found it far easier … Continue reading
Divergent Paths: Update
A while ago I wrote about a female friend who was considering becoming Muslim, and I expressed a concern over both the underlying motivations for such a decision, and the possible outcome. Some time later, the “second option” has come to pass — she has rejected her Islamic man and turned away from the religion. … Continue reading
Divergent paths
A female friend of mine is considering becoming Muslim i.e. following “Islam” (which can be translated as “submission”). This mostly makes me worried for her, as Islam doesn’t have the best track record concerning women’s rights and domestic abuse. The philosopher Ibn Kammuna said in 1280CE: “… we never see anyone converting to Islam unless … Continue reading
We’re coming home after all
Today we bought our aeroplane tickets back to Australia for December-January, after a weekend of research and planning (for both the cheapest tickets, and how we were actually best going to pay for ‘em). In the end, we had a good deal from Austravel which Dee printed took into Flightcenter to see if they could … Continue reading