What It’s Like to Live in a Universe of Ten Dimensions by Maria Popova What songwriting has to do with string theory. What would happen if you crossed the physics of time with the science of something and nothing? You might get closer to understanding the multiverse. In Imagining the Tenth Dimension: A New Way of Thinking About Time and Space, Rob Bryanton — a self-described “non-scientist with an inquisitive mind,” whose dayjob as a sound designer involves composing music for TV series and films — proposes a theory of the universe based on ten dimensions, a bold and progressive lens on string theory based on the idea that countless tiny “superstrings” are vibrating in a tenth dimension. For a taste, here is a mind-bending explanation of ten dimensions might mean: The project began as a set of 26 songs, exploring the intersection of science and philosophy. Before launching into the additional dimensions, Bryanton also breaks down the familiar three: HT It’s Okay To Be Smart Donating = Loving Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter.
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu - Is Your Hair On Fire? | Theravada Dhamma :: Blog Imagine a person who feels completely healthy, completely free of all illness, sickness and physical disability. Wouldn’t it be ridiculous for that person to get medicine? What would be the point of that? What would be the rationale in getting medicine when you feel completely healthy? Those people who don’t see any problems, who are not aware of any dukkha, unsatisfactoriness, in their lives, what would be the point in their attempting to study the dhamma and to practise meditation? If you are new to this thing called ‘dhamma’, and new to meditation, then you are not expected to immediately agree that you have all sorts of problems and are suffering from many burdens in life. An absolutely essential condition for the proper study of dhamma is the desire to be free of dukkha, to be free of suffering. It is quite amusing and quite sad that most people seem to wander through life in a little cloud, as if nothing were wrong. Do you want to be healthy, or not? You have come to Suan Mokh.
Workshop / Chrome Experiments Unfortunately, either your web browser or your graphics card doesn't support WebGL. We recommend you try it again with Google Chrome. How Learning Happens – The Biological Process of Learning | Welcome to Learning In a previous post on Emotions and Learning, we identified that neural networks are used to carry information from the body into the brain and between different areas of the brain. This post will look at how these networks are created, grow and are strengthened. In essence this is the biological process of learning. First a little about our brain: The human brain weighs approximately 3 pounds (1.4kgs) and is about the size of a grapefruit. Brain cells Neuron showing dendrites & axons There are two kinds of brain cells, the glia and the neuron. Information is carried inside neurons and is passed from one cell to another across the gap between neurons called the synaptic gap using chemicals created within the soma. The growth of neural networks From as early as four weeks after conception, the human embryo begins creating neurons at the rate of half a million every minute. The strengthening of neural networks The video below demonstrates how this process happens: References: by
The Venus Project In A Nutshell (Almost) #The_Venus_Project: It’s complex and not easy to explain in 140 words: #The_Venus_Project: depends on a non-interpretable-language to be used by the entire world’s population. #The_Venus_Project: Also all national boundaries will cease to exist producing a world-wide community. #The_Venus_Project: has no government, laws, armies, shops or money. #The_Venus_Project: People get supplied all the basics they need from supply points for free #The_Venus_Project: uninterrupted communications system with data from all over the world being available 2 all people. #The_Venus_Project: People will understand exactly how much resources are available for them #The_Venus_Project: People will understand exact details about that service or product using a new non-interpretative-language #The_Venus_Project :
Shadow (psychology) In Jungian psychology, the shadow or "shadow aspect" may refer to (1) an unconscious aspect of the personality which the conscious ego does not identify in itself. Because one tends to reject or remain ignorant of the least desirable aspects of one's personality, the shadow is largely negative, or (2) the entirety of the unconscious, i.e., everything of which a person is not fully conscious. There are, however, positive aspects which may also remain hidden in one's shadow (especially in people with low self-esteem).[1] Contrary to a Freudian definition of shadow, therefore, the Jungian shadow can include everything outside the light of consciousness, and may be positive or negative. "Everyone carries a shadow," Jung wrote, "and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is."[2] It may be (in part) one's link to more primitive animal instincts,[3] which are superseded during early childhood by the conscious mind.
structure Pearltrees Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pearltrees Pearltrees est un service qui permet à ses utilisateurs d'organiser, d'explorer et de partager des pages web, des notes, des photos ou des fichiers. Suivant la logique de curation de contenu (faire ressortir le meilleur contenu du web), Pearltrees fait à la fois office d'agrégateur de contenu mais aussi de moteur de recherche communautaire. Son concept repose sur l'idée que la multiplication des contenus (blogues, images, vidéos, etc.) rend nécessaire une organisation humaine du web[1]. Pearltrees a été lancé par Patrice Lamothe aujourd'hui président-directeur général de la société, Alain Cohen, directeur de la technologie, Nicolas Cynober, directeur technique, Samuel Tissier responsable de l'ergonomie et des interfaces, et Francois Rocaboy, directeur marketing. Origine et concept[modifier | modifier le code] Une extension est disponible pour certains navigateurs (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari).
Individuation The principle of individuation, or principium individuationis,[1] describes the manner in which a thing is identified as distinguished from other things.[2] The concept appears in numerous fields and is encountered in works of Carl Jung, Gilbert Simondon, Bernard Stiegler, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, David Bohm, Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze, and Manuel De Landa. Usage[edit] The word individuation is used differently in philosophy than in Jungian psychology. In philosophy[edit] It expresses the general idea of how a thing is identified as an individual thing that "is not something else." In Jungian psychology[edit] In the media industry[edit] The term "individuation" has begun to be used within the media industry to denote new printing and online technologies that permit mass customization of the contents of a newspaper, a magazine, a broadcast program, or a website so that its contents match each individual user's unique interests. Carl Jung[edit] Gilbert Simondon[edit]
storify cantine Le Storify de la présentation Pearltrees Posté dans : la vie de la cantine le 16 juin 2011 » Commentaires fermés C’était le 15 juin 2011, avec François Rocaboy, le co-fondateur de Pearltrees. [<a href=" target="blank">View the story "Pearltrees à la cantine (Rennes, juin 2011)" on Storify]</a> Partager Les commentaires sont clos pour ce post. Restez informé(e) ! Abonnez-vous à notre newsletter hebdomadaire pour ne rien rater des événements à venir. La prog à venir L’agenda Cantine L'agenda Cantine sur 15 joursAu format xmlAu format icalEt l'agenda du coworking... Sur Le Mag Archives Découvrir la Cantine Avec le soutien de... Le réseau Cantines Newsletter Si vous souhaitez recevoir la programmation par mail et être au courant des événements de la Cantine, inscrivez-vous à notre newsletter La Cantine numérique rennaise, Les Champs Libres 46 boulevard Magenta, 35000 Rennes Revue de presse de la Cantine Google+ Expand next previous Close Previous
Quantum physics says goodbye to reality Some physicists are uncomfortable with the idea that all individual quantum events are innately random. This is why many have proposed more complete theories, which suggest that events are at least partially governed by extra "hidden variables". Now physicists from Austria claim to have performed an experiment that rules out a broad class of hidden-variables theories that focus on realism -- giving the uneasy consequence that reality does not exist when we are not observing it (Nature 446 871). Some 40 years ago the physicist John Bell predicted that many hidden-variables theories would be ruled out if a certain experimental inequality were violated – known as "Bell's inequality". In his thought experiment, a source fires entangled pairs of linearly-polarized photons in opposite directions towards two polarizers, which can be changed in orientation. Bell's trick, therefore, was to decide how to orient the polarizers only after the photons have left the source.
S'enivrer avec l'art contemporain Arts visuels Au-dessus d’Aix-en-Provence, le Château La Coste offre un mélange captivant d’art, d’architecture et de vin. L’Irlandais Patrick McKillen a ouvert son domaine en 2011. Avec Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Jean Prouvé, Sean Scully, Richard Serra, Louise Bourgeois et tant d’autres.
How Quantum Mechanics Screws with our Perception of Reality