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Violence of Faith | Pooh's Think
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Violence of Faith Archive. The Violence of Faith, Part 2: Karen Armstrong & Sam Harris. In a previous installment. I asked the obvious questions about the intangible, heinous, and inexorable social power of the Islamic State:. Is this power derived from religious faith? If so, is it only Islam we should fear, or is this just one more iteration of the violence endemic to all classic monotheism? I ventured the suggestion that George Packer. Subtract the Muslim belief in martyrdom and jihad, and the actions...
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Science and life: Localized brain area for the control of impulsive behavior
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A blog about science, research and life. Life is much too short to while away with tears (Freddie Mercury). Localized brain area for the control of impulsive behavior. The investigation has been carried out by a group of researchers in the Queen’s University in Kingston, (Ontario, Canada), leaded by the PhD Scott Hayton. The paper can be found here. Are the most evolved. Way the activity of the lower level circuits. And, moreover, which are the mechanisms. Well, and when. Do they occur the first time?
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Science and life: September 2010
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A blog about science, research and life. Life is much too short to while away with tears (Freddie Mercury). Life is a continuous research. It doesn't mind if in the end you don't find what you were looking for.if the research process itself was intense, amazing and full of interesting things that you were not looking for! La vita è una ricerca continua. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Roma, RM, Italy. View my complete profile. My articles on NotizieFresche [ITA]. For making ME possible!
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A blog about philosophy, religion, and politics (and sometimes robots and zombies). 4 November, 2016. Why the Cubs Championship Is So Beautifully Meaningful — Science of Us. It’s only in folk tales, faerie stories, and baseball that curses get lifted. Why the Cubs Championship Is So Beautifully Meaningful — Science of Us. Comments Off on Why the Cubs Championship Is So Beautifully Meaningful — Science of Us. 22 August, 2016. Free Will, Fate and FiveThirtyEight: The Theology of Election Polls. Comments Of...
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A blog about philosophy, religion, and politics (and sometimes robots and zombies). 22 August, 2016. Free Will, Fate and FiveThirtyEight: The Theology of Election Polls. What’s the appeal of quantifying the future? What should we make of these technological oracles? Associate editor Michael Schulson and Alan Levinovitz, an RD. Contributor and a professor of Chinese philosophy and religion at James Madison University, got together online to chat about fate, uncanniness, and prophecy as spectator sport.
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A blog about philosophy, religion, and politics (and sometimes robots and zombies). 22 August, 2016. Free Will, Fate and FiveThirtyEight: The Theology of Election Polls. What’s the appeal of quantifying the future? What should we make of these technological oracles? Associate editor Michael Schulson and Alan Levinovitz, an RD. Contributor and a professor of Chinese philosophy and religion at James Madison University, got together online to chat about fate, uncanniness, and prophecy as spectator sport.
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The Utopia Project: Kung fu and practice
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Kung fu and practice. Intriguing essay by Peimin Ni - " Kung Fu for Philosophers. Consider the protagonist of Blood as one who, having a natural charisma, learns. How to affect others. And, more deeply, consider this philosophical turn, from a metaphysical/epistemological/ontological pursuit of truth, to a more aesthetic pursuit of a kind of beauty - but beauty in the form of something done well, even a life done well. Note too the link to speech as. NASA Innovative Advanced ...
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The Utopia Project: You say you want a revolution
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012. You say you want a revolution. Joseph Skvorecky, a survivor of both Nazi and Communist regimes, is quoted:. In 1981, long before the Iron Curtain fell, Mr. Skvorecky shared a stage in Toronto with Margaret Atwood, Allen Ginsberg and others who were discussing “The Writer and Human Rights.” He said that an artist must be a reactionary, to stand out from his culture by offering “some little opposition.”. Compare, oh, say Ursula LeGuin, in "The Day Before the Revolution" (1974):.