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I watched a program on TVO last night about overpopulation. I usually steer clear of this issue because I find it depressing. Just the same, it’s always in the back of my mind. With last night’s program, I posted a comment on their blog which I’ve included here:
A great program on [...]
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The optical illusion here:
http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/02/what_illusions_tell_us_about_t.php
is very interesting. Look at the two ‘donuts’. The centers seems to be flashing out of phase with each other. In fact, they are flashing in phase with one another and it’s just the distraction of the surrounding ‘doughnut’ which throws off our visual perception system. It’s also possible to play with certain [...]
With the recent passing of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn I was reminded of a lecture by psychology professor Jordan Peterson of the University of Toronto. This lecture expounded the virtue of taking personal responsibility in dealing with our fears. Peterson used a children’s book “There No Such Things As A Dragon” and the moral lessons therein to reveal [...]
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Steven Pinker, in his book “The Blank Slate” offers an interesting comparison of savagery over time. His contention, indeed that of Prof Lawrence Keeley, is that despite all the wars of the 20th century, the per capita rate of violence is lower than all preceding generations. That is to [...]
TVO (public television in Ontario) recently aired a lecture by Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and an author discussing his latest book Musicophilia. I’ve always been interested in the understanding music on a neurological basis. Music seems so universal that I often wonder what is happening on a neurological basis to make it such? I’ve jotted down a few key [...]
