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Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’

Tue
30
Mar '10

Happenstance

It looks like we might have our cargo ship back after all — Hamish emailed this morning to say he could get us on the MSC Basel on the 31st July, Singapore to Melbourne. Yes, that’s the same ship he originally had us on, so we’ve either bumped the other passengers OR will be travelling [...]

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Sun
21
Sep '08

I’m mediocre for the lord!

I’m going to have one of the beers that have been in the bottom of our fridge for eternity – I’m pretty sure that at the beginning of the Universe, God said, “Let there be beer in the bottom of Glenn’s fridge.”  Then he said, “Oh, and let there be light, yeah, light’s good.”
It just [...]

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Fri
19
Sep '08

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 to [...]

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Thu
1
Nov '07

Why the quantum nature of reality can be a good thing

So quantum reality is one of probabilities; right now, for me, the probability that I can spontaneously develop the ability to fly is quite low. At the moment, I’m occupying several dimensions – including the one (or more) which define all the possible realities, alongside the “normal” three in space and one in time. [...]

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Thu
1
Nov '07

Purpose

I was given a copy of R. Buckminster Fuller’s “Critical Path” for my birthday recently (thanks!) and I’ve been reading it again and thinking about the concept of “purpose” as it relates to a human life in an “… eternally regenerative Universe …” which “… does not depend on us, [as we] are not the [...]

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