November 2009
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Dan Dennett: Consciousness, Magic and Illusions
“Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don’t we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.”
Ted Talk 2003
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The Secret You
“Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science’s greatest mysteries: how do we know who we are? While the thoughts that make us feel as though we know ourselves are easy to experience, they are notoriously difficult to explain. So, in order to find out where they come from, Marcus subjects himself to a series of probing experiments.” via...
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Barry Lopez : Landscape And Dream
From the ridge where we had pitched our tents we looked out over tens of square miles of rolling tundra along the southern edge of the calving grounds of the Western Arctic caribou herd.
On the evening I am thinking about - it was breezy there on Ilingnorak Ridge, and cold; but the late-night sun, small as a kite in the northern sky, poured forth an energy that burned against my cheekbones - it...