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Re: The Ego Tunnel
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:42:03 -0700 (PDT)
On 2 July, 15:24, n...@webtv.net (Rec Room) wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> >I think he's claiming that what we
> > actually experience is merely a model or
> > representation of the world, which
> > apparently is generated by our
> > embodied brains.
>
> In "The River Of Consciousness," Oliver Sacks described a ...
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Re: The Ego Tunnel
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:24:49 -0500
Dave Smith wrote:
>I think he's claiming that what we
> actually experience is merely a model or
> representation of the world, which
> apparently is generated by our
> embodied brains.
In "The River Of Consciousness," Oliver Sacks described a rare condition
in which some of his patients experienced vis ...
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The attack on Darwin continues
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
see
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32510 ...
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Ocean currents and earth's magnetic field - plausible?
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:41:11 -0700 (PDT)
From The Sunday Times June 14, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6493481.ece
Oceans charge up new theory of magnetism
A radical new idea may revolutionise our understanding of one of the
most vital forces on EarthJonathan Leake
Earth's magnetic field, long thought to be generated by ...
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Smell and empathy
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:31 -0700 (PDT)
Induction of Empathy by the Smell of Anxiety
Alexander Prehn-Kristensen 1, Christian Wiesner 2, Til Ole Bergmann 3,
Stephan
Wolff 4, Olav Jansen 4, Hubertus Maximilian Mehdorn 5, Roman Ferstl 2,
Bettina
M. Pause 6
1 Center of Integrative Psychiatry, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany,
2 Department of Psycholog ...
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The Ego Tunnel
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:17:46 -0700 (PDT)
This review of Metzinger's 'The Ego Tunnel' might be of interest.
http://www.naturalism.org/metzinger.htm ...
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The sin of masturbation
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:58:04 -0700 (PDT)
From A C Grayling's "Towards the light: The story of the struggles for
liberty and rights that made the modern world" (Bloomsbury, 2007).
"The traditional catholic view of marriage has always been that it is
for the procreation of children and a second-best protection against
sin (second best, that is, to chasti ...
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Paternal investment
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:04:43 -0700 (PDT)
Paternity and parental investment
Like father, like son
Jun 18th 2009
From The Economist print edition
There is a benefit in looking like dad
MEN are doomed to uncertainty. Women know who their children are, but
the ubiquity of sexual cheating makes it difficult for males of many
species, humans include ...
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That Murial person...
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
'That Murial Person'
The ways of language are strange. I find myself wondering why some
expressions work the way they do. For example, when one doesn?t like
someone or are suspicious of them, we often call then
'persons' (sometimes men or women as well). So your brother is going
to marry someone you dislike and ...
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The power of positive thinking - NOT!
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
Positive thinking's negative results
Words of wisdom
Jun 11th 2009
From The Economist print edition
For some people, optimistic thoughts can do more harm than good
?I CAN pass this exam?, ?I am a wonderful person and will find love
again? and ?I am capable and deserve that pay rise? are phrases that
stu ...
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