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Half Dome On Fire–Or Maybe Just Clouds? And Is The Photographer Who Caught The Image Skillful, Or Just Lucky?

Half Dome in Yosemite isn’t really on fire here, it’s just a cloud being hit by sunlight, but I like this photo because it: (1) illustrates aspect seeing (as in psychology textbooks, where the eye can’t decide if it’s looking … Continue reading

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The Promethean Who Stole Fire from Google: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on 60 Minutes

You’ll have to click over to YouTube to see this 60 Minutes segment on the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, but it’s really interesting. Talk about a Promethean! Zuckerberg’s genius, I think, is to have tamed a human form of … Continue reading

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Spring is Approaching

Are you noticing? Here’s a bit from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden  (1854, chapter 17): The brooks sing carols and glees to the spring. The marsh hawk, sailing low over the meadow, is already seeking the first slimy life that awakes. … Continue reading

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Qualia and the Ontological Mystery for Beginners

The difference between a problem and the experience of a mystery:

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A Quote for October

Faith Baldwin: Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees. __________

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A Great Quote on Books

Voltaire: The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.

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William Blake: Image of Firefighters

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