29 DEC 2016 by ideonexus
The Irrelevance of Current Events
Chang told him that there were other books published up to about the middle of 1930 which would doubtless be added to the shelves eventually; they had already arrived at the lamasery. "We keep ourselves fairly up-to-date, you see," he commented.
"There are people who would hardly agree with you," replied Conway with a smile. "Quite a lot of things have happened in the world since last year, you know."
"Nothing of importance, my dear sir, that could not have been foreseen in 1920, or that wi... 1 
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Judge (DM) as Multiple Roles
So, what is a Judge? A Judge is the stage-setter, the tale-teller, the mediator, and the narrator. The Judge fills in the background, describes what the player characters see, and operates the non-player characters, ranging from ultimate menaces to the universe to small-time crooks to innocent bystanders to other heroes and forces of the law. The Judge decides if a character's action is successful or if a villain escapes. The Judge provides the challenges for the heroes and the information th...Folksonomies: rpg role-playing game
Folksonomies: rpg role-playing game
1 17 DEC 2013 by ideonexus
Creating a Safe Environment for Teaching
To decrease stress for students
Set clear classroom rules with predetermined consequences.
Keep students' sensitive information, such as grades and personal issues, confidential.
Speak respectfully to students, address them by name, get to know them as individuals, and make each person feel special.
Use rubrics for assignments so students know the exact expectations for earning specific grades.
Smile, have fun teaching, and show a sense of humor.
To increase stress for students
Delegate pun... 1 notes
notesTeachers can take actions to make the school environment less stressful on students or more stressful.
27 APR 2013 by ideonexus
You want a physicist to speak at your funeral
You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every Btu of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child rem...Folksonomies: science spirituality
Folksonomies: science spirituality
Examples of how such a person can provide comfort and consolation.
09 JAN 2013 by ideonexus
Einstein's Eloquent Description of Humanism
Strange is our situation here upon earl Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men—above e all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life...
1 Altruism.
04 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
Science Because it is Fulfilling
To prove to an indignant questioner on the spur of the moment that the work I do was useful seemed a thankless task and I gave it up. I turned to him with a smile and finished, 'To tell you the truth we don't do it because it is useful but because it's amusing.' The answer was thought of and given in a moment: it came from deep down in my soul, and the results were as admirable from my point of view as unexpected. My audience was clearly on my side. Prolonged and hearty applause greeted my co... 1 notes
notesQuoting A.V. Hill's anecdote.
10 AUG 2011 by ideonexus
Freedom
The morning comes, the night decays, the watchmen leave their stations; The grave is burst, the spices shed, the linen wrapped up; The bones of death, the cov’ring clay, the sinews shrunk & dry’d Reviving shake, inspiring move, breathing, awakening, Spring like redeemed captives when their bonds & bars are burst. Let the slave grinding at the mill run out into the field, Let him look up into the heavens & laugh in the bright air; Let the inchained soul, shut up in darkness and...Folksonomies: totalitarianism oppression
Folksonomies: totalitarianism oppression
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notesBlake describes freedom from oppression.
07 JUL 2011 by ideonexus
Babies Look to Mothers for Cues on How to React to the World
Other experiments also show that one-year-olds have a radically new understanding of people. What happens when you show a baby something new, something a little strange, maybe wonderful, maybe dangerous—say, a walking toy robot? The baby looks over at Mom quizzically and checks her out. What does she think? Is there a reassuring smile or an expression of shocked horror? One-year-olds will modify their own reactions accordingly. If there's a smile, they'll crawl forward to investigate; if th... 1 notes
notesWhen presented with an unknown, the infant will look to the mother's expression to understand how it should react and if it should engage.
06 JUL 2011 by ideonexus
Babies Flirt
There are other reasons to think that even very young babies are especially tuned to people. Babies flirt. One of the great pleasures in life is to hold a three-month-old in your arms and talk absolute nonsense. "My, my, my," you hear your usually sane, responsible, professional voice saying, "you are a pretty bunny, aren't you, aren't you, aren't you, sweetums, aren't you a pretty bunny?" You raise your eyebrows and purse your mouth and make ridiculous faces. But the even more striking thing... 1 notes
notesThe back and forth of goo-goo eyes and cooing between mothers and their babies is a flirtatious bonding.
09 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
If the Stars Only Came Out One Night in 1,000 Years
If the Stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.This Emerson quote begs the question: What if we lived on a planet like Venus, where perpetual cloud coverage obscures the skies?
