A touch of anarchy could do a world a whole lot of good. #anarchy #personalresponsibility #selfgovernment #individualism #voluntaryism. This Is The Morning Ritual That Will Make You Happy: 4 Secrets From Stoicism. Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
To check it out, click here. Sometimes life sucks. Bad. Really bad. And you feel like you want a refund. But, of course, we need to accept that Life Avenue is going to have its share of potholes. Many other titans of wisdom agree. It makes sense. But here’s the thing: some of the wisest people who ever lived take it further than acceptance. Many of the greats embraced the concept of “Amor Fati.” To which I initially responded with a big honking: Huh? The Stoic philosopher Epictetus said: Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will – then your life will be serene. And Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius agreed: All that is in accord with you is in accord with me, O World! And this seemingly loony idea persisted. How religions die - Atheist Alliance International.
The genes that are dominant in any population, are those that are most successfully passed from one generation to the next.
Eventually, the most successful genes will be found in almost every member of a population. The same is true of religions. Changing environmental pressures can disadvantage previously successful genes, reducing their transmission to the next generation thus causing them to become less prevalent and eventually to exit the population.
The same is true of religions. Pressures Religions are suffering from adverse environmental pressures in many populations today. 1. These pressures will affect some populations and some religions more quickly than others but, in the long run, they will be fatal for most religions in the world today. Religions will persist longest in populations that suffer deprivation and poor access to essential services, and in populations that restrict access to information or make leaving religion dangerous. The future for religions. Why do people want to live so long anyway? Time. Language Is the Scaffold of the Mind - Issue 76: Language.
Can you imagine a mind without language?
More specifically, can you imagine your mind without language? Can you think, plan, or relate to other people if you lack words to help structure your experiences? Many great thinkers have drawn a strong connection between language and the mind. Predictive Physiological Anticipation Preceding Seemingly Unpredictable Stimuli: A Meta-Analysis. 1Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA 2Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy 3Department of Statistics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA This meta-analysis of 26 reports published between 1978 and 2010 tests an unusual hypothesis: for stimuli of two or more types that are presented in an order designed to be unpredictable and that produce different post-stimulus physiological activity, the direction of pre-stimulus physiological activity reflects the direction of post-stimulus physiological activity, resulting in an unexplained anticipatory effect.
The reports we examined used one of two paradigms: (1) randomly ordered presentations of arousing vs. neutral stimuli, or (2) guessing tasks with feedback (correct vs. incorrect). Why Taxation is Evil. Why taxation-- even to provide welfare benefits for truly destitute cripples, widows and orphans --is evil I'm hoping to create a dialog between a Christian anarchist and a defender of taxation.
I simply can't imagine any good arguments in favor of taxation, so if you can think of some, please email me. I have numbered the conversation so you can tell me which line you wish to contribute. Background Christian Anarchism is the belief that we are to love our neighbors -- and even our enemies -- as Christ loved us. Everybody understands that if I came up to you and demanded your money, and threatened to lock you up in my basement with a carjacker and a homosexual rapist for an extended period of time if you refused to give me what I wanted, I would be guilty of violating the Eighth Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal") and threatening to violate the Sixth Commandment (depriving you of your life or liberty if you don't cough up). The Conversation. What Makes You You? - Wait But Why.
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You can buy it here. When you say the word “me,” you probably feel pretty clear about what that means. It’s one of the things you’re clearest on in the whole world—something you’ve understood since you were a year old. You might be working on the question, “Who am I?” But what you’re figuring out is the who am part of the question—the I part is obvious. But when you stop and actually think about it for a minute—about what “me” really boils down to at its core—things start to get pretty weird.
The Body Theory. 5 important questions each day. Life without language. Thought without symbols — life without language — it’s a cognitive reality that is virtually impossible for most modern humans to fathom.
For the vast majority of us, our thought processes have been profoundly shaped by the introjection of language into our cognitive worlds, the taking on board of a massive intellectual prosthesis, the collective product of countless generations. Human thought, for the majority, is not simply the individual outcome of our evolved neural architecture, but also the result of our borrowing of the immense symbolic and intellectual resources available in language.
What would human thought be like without language? Author Susan Schaller The question of the relationship between language and ‘mind’ (a word I hate using), or between symbolic resources and cognitive abilities (there, that’s equally vague!) How to Be Grunge: 13 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow Fun. Stylist & Costume Designer, Couture Zen This article was co-authored by Melynda Choothesa.
Melynda Choothesa is a Costume Designer, Wardrobe Stylist, and Art Director with over 10 years of fashion consulting experience. She has worked on creative direction for fashion shows, costume design, and personal wardrobe styling, both in Los Angeles, California and internationally for clients such as Akon, Kathy Ireland, and Aisha Tyler. She has a Associate of Arts in Fashion Design from Santa Monica College. Co-authors: 104. Anarchia. Combinatoric.Ally. Evocation. Hold That Wisp.
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