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Posted on May 7, 2018May 7, 2018

The Immanent Self: Epigenetics, Modern Liberalism and Spinoza

Originally posted on The Nexus of Epigenetics:
by Shea Robison (@EpigeneticsGuy) (The following is a summary of a talk presented at the Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy on January 11, 2016.…

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Posted on September 15, 2017

Eleanor Parker on myths about the Middle Ages

An interesting piece that touches on anti-Catholic myths, historical myths, and science vs. religion myths. The medieval Church, let’s be clear, had no objection to scientific progress. Throughout the Middle…

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Posted on February 10, 2017

From “LA*HWI*NE*SKI: Career of an Eccentric Naturalist” by John Jeremiah Sullivan

That’s what’s so terrifying but also heroic in Rafinesque, to know he could see that far, function at that outer-orbital a level intellectually, yet still wind up viciously hobbled by…

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Posted on November 27, 2016November 27, 2016

Tristan Gooley, observation and cognitive bias

Recently my brother gave me a present of Tristan Gooley‘s The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Tracks and Signs. I have read various Gooley books over the years, and to some…

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Posted on June 10, 2016

From “The Collapse of Complex Societies” by Joseph A Tainter

The citizens of modern complex societies usually do not realise that we are an anomaly of history. Throughout the several million years that recognisable humans are known to have lived,…

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