There is noting permanent, but change. – Heraclitus (535-475 BC)
It’s Liquid – | David Report
09.05.12
If you didn’t get what you wanted, want what you got and be happy with it
02.05.12
To borrow a metaphor from the philosopher of science Ronald Giere, theories are like maps: the test of a map lies not in arbitrarily checking random points but in whether people find it useful to get somewhere.
The Social Sciences’ ‘Physics Envy’ - NYTimes.com
02.05.12
If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.
Fay Weldon
29.04.12
A master in the art of living makes little distinction between work and play, between labor and leisure, between love and religion. Hardly knowing which is which, a master is always doing both.
Zen saying
29.04.12
We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” - Dr. Seuss
Blog « Jessica Eldenstjärna
29.04.12
Life is just a theory

On fractals and their beauty…

24.04.12

scienceisbeauty:

This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience.

More info and download here (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Scientific Visualization Studio)

17.04.12
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Gorey said, “I generally feel that what you see is what you get, but all those who want to read something into it, poor bunnies, then they can. Half the time, I think, oh dear, this drawing doesn’t mean much. You know, what is it all in aid of? Occasionally, someone will come up to me and say, ‘I figured out what your book was about,’ and I ask, ‘oh, what?’ Then they tell me something completely bizarre. And I’ll think,” he shrugged, “if that’s what you want to see, it’s okay by me.’”

Via: The Life Of Edward Gorey, Told By An Old Friend

17.04.12
Human Beings Are Unreasonably Optimistic

jtotheizzoe:

Neuroscientists at University College London asked people to guess their odds of experiencing bad luck, with and without previous information on the mishaps, and analyzed their brains via fMRI.

[They] asked 19 individuals between the ages of 19 and 27 to estimate their odds of experiencing 80 unfavorable events, such as contracting various diseases or being the victim of a crime. Participants were then told the actual average probability of each before repeating the exercise.

The participants revised most of their estimates the second time around, but 79 percent of those tested paid much more attention when their actual risk was lower than what they had initially guessed. After getting the good news, these subjects rated their risk for these events as significantly lower than they did earlier. In contrast, when they had underestimated their odds of meeting with a particular misfortune, they made less drastic revisions to their guess or none at all—clinging to their earlier belief that they would probably avoid the bad luck.

In other words, we’re optimistic by design, even when we know we shouldn’t be.

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