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Logos Defamiliarized by a Five Year Old
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Tagged ads, children, freshness, idols, logos, perception, psychology, vision
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Qualia Defined
Dr. V.S. Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), admirably explains what philosophers and neuroscientists mean when they talk about qualia:
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Tagged brain, cognition, color, consciousness, love, perception, philosophy, psychology, qualia, self
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A Nice Quote for Countering Epistemic Closure and Confirmation Bias
R. Gordon Wasson has been a long time advocate of a seductive hypothesis: that entheogens (psychedelic mushrooms, etc) have played a significant role in the evolution of many religions, from Hinduism in the East to Persephone devotion in the West … Continue reading
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Tagged eleusis, entheogens, epiphany, epistemic closure, epistemology, magic mushrooms, perception, persephone, philosophy, psychology, screenplay
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Walter Cronkite Anchors a UFO Segment for CBS News, Oct. 17, 1973
Here’s how CBS News reported some UFO sightings 36 years ago, on Oct. 17, 1973. One of those who claimed at the time to witness a UFO was the governor of Ohio, and he described the UFO that he saw as amber in color. The … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, hallucination, history, perception, Phoenix lights, psychology, UFO sightings, UFOs, walter cronkite
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Two Faces—or Curvy Girl Martian?
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Tagged art, deconstruction, figure-ground images, holism, interconnectedness, meditation, perception, philosophy, poetry, psychology, yoga, Zen
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