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  • The beauty of Science

    This movie (thanks to James C for the link), made my long-weekend. It is all about context;  placing reductive observations about the world in a greater context so as to add to their beauty. You could also apply this to social and cultural phenomena; being able to place fellow humans in a empathetic cultural contexts,…

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  • The tyranny of the practical mind…

    The tyranny of the practical mind…

    “For these people, the concrete has become an asylum, a hideout, salvation. Cedar- well, that’s something concrete; so is asphalt. You can speak out about the concrete and express yourself as freely as you like.  The great thing about the concrete is that it has restricted armed frontiers with warning bells.   When a mind immersed…

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