03 OCT 2013 by ideonexus

 Specialization is Unnatural

All universities have been progressively organized for ever finer specialization. Society assumes that specialization is natural, inevitable, and desirable. Yet in observing a little child, we find it is interested in everything and spontaneously apprehends, comprehends, and co-ordinates an ever expending inventory of experiences. Children are enthusiastic planetarium audiences. Nothing seems to be more prominent about human life than its wanting to understand all and put everything together....
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Homo sapiens most prominent adaptation is our adaptability.

15 DEC 2011 by ideonexus

 Demoivre's Death

The manner of Demoivre's death has a certain interest for psychologists. Shortly before it, he declared that it was necessary for him to sleep some ten minutes or a quarter of an hour longer each day than the preceding one: the day after he had thus reached a total of something over twenty-three hours he slept up to the limit of twenty-four hours, and then died in his sleep.
Folksonomies: synchronicity
Folksonomies: synchronicity
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He slept a little longer each night until he slept for 24 hours, then died.

01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus

 The Complete I Ching in 64 Bits

I was thinking about how the I Ching is composed of a total of 384 lines (6x64) Wouldn't it be nice if you could 'interlock' the hexagrams like a jigsaw puzzle? Have a look at the following code: THE CODE 0000001001000101010000110100110010110110001110101110011110111111 The 64 bit code above 'defines' the whole of the I Ching, that is it maps the whole realm of change. With no repetition.
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Found this remarkable transcription in an online forum. Would make a nice tattoo if made into a circle.