Rose-Lynn Fisher’s fascinating photographic project. Like Rose-Lynn I am curious to know what the scientific take on this would be and whether the chemical compounds do actually systematically correspond with Rose-Lynn’s labeling. Artmicroscopephotographyrose-lynn fishertears
A nice little piece from Marsha Mercer. appleMARSHA MERCERsteve jobsWalker PercyWalter Isaacson
Lana Lee was on a barstool, her legs crossed in tan suede trousers, her muscular buttocks pinning the stool to the floor and commanding it to support her in perfectly vertical form. When she moved slightly, the great muscles of her nether cheeks rippled to life to prevent the stool from leaning and tottering even…
Anthropologist Tanya Marie Luhrmann in the NYT. anthropologydreamsGodReligionsleepT. M. Luhrmann
H/T to Andrew Irvine. DMA’s wiki entry. david armstrongExternalismfunctionalismMaterialismmetaphyicsneurosciencephilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
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Podcast with Justin Werfel talking about building termite-inspired robots. Artificial intelligencecomplexitydistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeroboticsrobotssituated cognitionSpontaneous orderstigmergicstigmergic cognitionStigmergy
The very excellent Cory MacLauchlin will be your host on this tour. I’d be there but I have a prior engagement in St. Francisville for the Walker Percy Weekend, WP as most will know, was instrumental in getting “Dunces” published. I do however have an appointment to see the Toole archives at Tulane. Butterfly in the…
Over at the terrific Dippermouth blog Ricky Riccardi commemorates this tune. Armstrong forgot all about the tune until people in the audience of his shows began shouting for it. He had no idea what it was all about until he was reminded that it was from this forgotten record date. Using a record as a…
H/T to Rod Dreher Distilled especially to help one weather the existential fallout of Western civilization. Guaranteed 100% free of noxious particles. existentialismlove in the ruinsphilosophical literaturePhilosophyWalker PercyWalker Percy Weekend
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