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  • The Pointing Particle

    The Higgs boson is important in the Standard Model because it implies the existence of a Higgs field, an otherwise invisible force field which pervades the entire universe. Unlike other kinds of force field (such as an electromagnetic or gravitational field) the Higgs field points but it doesn’t push or…

  • The Philosophy of the Technology of the Gun – Evan Selinger – The Atlantic

    Dobbs questions the role of gun culture in steering “certain unhinged or deeply a-moral people toward the sort of violence that has now become so routine that the entire thing seems scripted.” But what about “normal” people? Yes, plenty of people carry guns without incident. Yes, proper gun training can…

  • The Recipe for Success (Not What You Think It Is) « healthdemystified

    For the longest time, I thought success was the result of a combo of luck and genes. Success, I thought, was reserved for a select few special people out there – something out of grasp for us mere mortals. I was wrong. Success is actually the result of failing well…

  • Originally posted on HeartSphere: “To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines…

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  • Soul Spelunker: Dostoevsky And Existentialism

    Existentialism was a movement that took place in philosophy after the Second World War, but its roots go back many centuries. It was a break with the Enlightenment mindset which attempted to bring mankind to a state of perfection… via Soul Spelunker: Dostoevsky And Existentialism.

  • Soul Spelunker: The Democratization of Imagination

    Tom Cheetham is very profound. His phrase, “the democratization of imagination” is exactly what we are experiencing, and what I have been recently writing about. Imagining the Anima Mundi causes one to think along these lines. Western culture has been ascending for a very long time, but now we are…

  • Mike Huckabee & Ignorance

    Newsflash: This is an example of ignorance par excellence. Gay people are not all child molesters. And child molesters who happen to be attracted to the same gender are actually out numbered by male molesters who prey on girls and female molesters who prey on boys.  While supporting the Boy…

  • Glenn Greenwald Leaves Salon for the Guardian | The Wrap Media

    Good luck at the Guardian Glenn. I look forward to seeing the great things you will do there. Keep the faith and stick to your guns! Indeed, the former New York prosecutor has led multiple charges with his stories, most recently with his full-throated defenses of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Pfc.…

  • I would say healhdemystified is firing in all cylinders this week. “Lifestyle change” is one of those inauthentic or bad faith phrases. Start low, go slow… you will get there much more likely than attempting to exchange all-at-once who you are with who it would most please you to be.

  • Again, the five boundary situations–chance, suffering, struggle, regret, & death–have a “negative” connotation, but they are actually positive constitutive factors of possible Existenz. “By avoiding negative emotions, we’re actually doing ourselves a disservice. We are ignoring a powerful source of intrinsic motivation. Negative emotions are a powerful source of fuel…

  • Desperation as a reconnection with the genuine conditions of existence. Thoughtful.

  • Originally posted on iamadam: Thanks to Adam Roberts @ Knowledge Ecology for posting this one:

  • Sartre and Camus in New York – NYTimes.com

    At Vassar he [Camus] gave a lecture on “The Crisis of Mankind” and was dazzled by the spectacle of “an army of long-legged young starlets, lazing on the lawn.” But he was preoccupied by what he thought of as the “American tragedy.” The tragedy of the students was that they…

  • I’ve been saying this. I am not a millionaire entrepreneur so I am glad to hear say it. Maybe if it is said by yet another member of the 1%, folks will go ahead and stop thinking wealthy people create jobs. Consumers create jobs.

  • Originally posted on coromandal: Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream. In the world of architecture and the built environment, wishful thinking is in the ascendent in direct proportion to the decline of relevancy and action.  We’re dreaming and…

  • Response to lucymillsonlife

    EuroAmerican Christianity has always suffered from this problem since it first sprang up in North Africa. It is called the Donatist heresy. While Donatism mostly concerned whether a priest needed to be pure of heart/deed in order to administer the sacraments, I think it can be extended out to cover…