February 2011
24 posts
“If, then, you will become perfect in love, strive to fulfill this duty, in...”
– Soren Kierkegaard, Works of Love
January 2011
39 posts
Carnegie Mellon researchers identify ‘Facebook... →
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that within the brain’s neocortex lies a subnetwork of highly active neurons that behave much like people in social networks. Like Facebook, these neuronal networks have a small population of highly active members who give and receive more information than the majority of other members, says Alison Barth, associate professor of...
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“How can a three-pound mass of jelly that you can hold in your palm imagine...”
– V S Ramachandran, The Tell-Tale Brain. (via fuckyeahneuroscience)
As Above, So Below: DNA molecules can 'teleport',... →
OH MY GODDDD MY DREAMS OF TELEPORTATION ARE COMING TRUE!!
metaconscious:
Experiment spots spooky quantum imprinting effect
By John E Dunn | Techworld Published: 15:56 GMT, 13 January 11
A Nobel Prize winning biologist has ignited controversy after publishing details of an experiment in which a fragment of DNA appeared to ‘teleport’ or imprint itself between…
Perfectly Unqualified: It's Your Identity, Not... →
drewdagostino:
Do not apologize for not having six pack abs.
Do not apologize about driving a crappy car.
Do not apologize about being a less than average volleyball player.
Do not apologize for not having enough money to pay for college.
Do not apologize for enjoying country music.
Do not apologize for not…
micaaahhh asked: Graduating this May, yes? What then, may I ask, is next? What grad programs have you applied to? Are you terrified? Excited? Still aiming for the West Coast?
micaaahhh asked: You study the brain and all that's scientific and such, so perhaps you can answer me this: is it possible to 'undo' the tolerance effect that long term use of GABAergic drugs (in this case, Ambien) causes? Even after nearly a year away from Ambien, it still isn't working like it once did, or hell, working at all.
Kierkegaard on the Couch - NYTimes.com →
Creativity determines sexual success, research... →
psychotherapy:
The more creative a person is, the more sexual partners they are likely to have, according to a pioneering study which could explain the behaviour of notorious womanisers such as poets Lord Byron and Dylan Thomas.
The research, by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Open University in the UK, found that professional artists and poets have around twice as many sexual...
“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
via @PsychDigest
(via metaconscious)
“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...”
– Paulo Coelho (via pinkchocolatelove)
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WatchHAHAHAHA! Story of my life.
“The thing is, I really like saying yes. I like new things, projects, plans,...”
– Dave Eggers (via thatbullshit)
“The reason why I refuse to take existentialism as just another French fashion or...”
– Waking Life
(via scammachine)
Now I understand why so many people have been encouraging me to finally see A Waking Life.
“We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
WatchThe prevalence of aliens (sightings, abductions, etc.) in the media in the last 50 years and more so as of late (eg Fourth Kind), is wigging me out… Will the world actually be over in 2012? Because we were destroyed by a colonizing alien race? Am I crazy for considering this as a possibility? What are your thoughts?
davefugel:
The purpose of learning is not to mine the soul for some strange dark ore, much less to scrape away the lining to reveal the visceral depths, but to lovingly pick our locks, exploring each successive sitting room amid the gathering dark.
“I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.”
– Frank O’Hara
“invent yourself and then reinvent yourself,
don’t swim in the same slough....”
– Charles Bukowski, ‘no leaders, please’
Character: Kristen.
“All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man, in his life, plays many roles. - William Shakespeare (via knowledgeandspirit)
I love stumbling into phenomenons, like coming across this quote today. Coincidentally, I’ve just recently begun to conceptualize life as a one big theatric production (most likely due to the...
The Intoxication of Promise
My mentor and friend, Jim, has a blog called The Other Lobe. When we spoke on Sunday, I was anticipating your run of the mill catch-up, i.e. an ordinary discussion of what my next career move was going to be, how excited I am about applying to the Mind, Brain, and Education program at Harvard, and the tumultuous chain of events that have comprised this semester from start to finish, all beginning...
“Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others...”
– Don Miguel Ruiz (via coloursplashedsoul)
Technology... Is it going too far?
All I’m sayin’ is you shouldn’t be able to access Wi-Fi in the sky. Honestly, it doesn’t agree with the natural world. Am I alone here?
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words...”
– Swami Vivekananda (via heartmindspirit)
'Fitter, Happier' serves as a good reminder...
Fitter, happier, more productive, comfortable, not drinking too much, regular exercise at the gym (3x a week), getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries,
at ease,
eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats),
a patient better driver, a safer car (baby smiling in back seat),
sleeping well (no bad dreams),
no paranoia, careful to all animals (never washing...
lasttrainfromnihilism asked: Based solely on your erudite pseudonym I'd like to ask you a question that i just haven't been able to answer for myself. It seems to be the stereotypical antisocial pondering that most people try to avoid answering, which may be why I haven't gotten a satisfactory rebuttal to quell my crazy mind. Here. If we started as nothing and on an infinite time line end as nothing at what...
