Monday 31 October 2016
Sunday 30 October 2016
Ever come across this one?
A little shout out to the Daily Show, thank you, Phil Colins is my Attenborough :)
Polymath <3 ;)
A little shout out to the Daily Show, thank you, Phil Colins is my Attenborough :)
Polymath <3 ;)
Saturday 29 October 2016
Thursday 27 October 2016
"Once it’s out in the open, one can discuss the pros and cons of those arguments within a specific context.” Richard Dawid
Out of context quoting!
Edit to Add:You know, this whole article is fucking cool and if you have any interest in theoretical physics, or the method of scientific exploration of theoretical everything.. read this.
Out of context quoting!
Edit to Add:You know, this whole article is fucking cool and if you have any interest in theoretical physics, or the method of scientific exploration of theoretical everything.. read this.
gah, bastard fucking periods.. no wonder i felt to crap yesterday... :(
Here's something that I've just found fascinating.. so you must know by now that I love brains (human, spider, rat, pigeon, et al.) the way they tick gets my interest everyday. Though if you look into the history of neuroscience, it basically hasn't been around all that long.. really only since scans of the live and active brain were a viable option. Google does this word-use thing... I forgot what a ligand* does (molecule, attaches to larger molecules) and this popped up. It appears to coincide roughly with the age (and scale) of papers that I look back at and go "hey, no, that's not real science", because 6 people do not a test-group make. Anyway, tickled me, pretty picture to add to the synesthetic (ETA: damn, autocorrecting...) pattern o' the nature of the universe.
*If you're interested: the recent paper (observational study on ~ calcium and vitamin D influence on the menstrual cycle and, in particular, ectopic pregnancy - really interesting stuff today), that led indirectly to the paper (1997, RXR and RAR interaction with ligands, uh, essentially, I think, I haven't read this one fully yet, but the lil abstract helped me understand something about method of gene transcription). Well, should say I haven't read either of them fully because I, sadly, am not personally an institution with access to full-text medical sciences. Just find it interesting and can't afford the stupid subscriptions, so I read many abstracts. I dream of a world in which commercialism has not and cannot touch the 'pure' sciences; where information is given as freely as speech in a role-play game.
Here's something that I've just found fascinating.. so you must know by now that I love brains (human, spider, rat, pigeon, et al.) the way they tick gets my interest everyday. Though if you look into the history of neuroscience, it basically hasn't been around all that long.. really only since scans of the live and active brain were a viable option. Google does this word-use thing... I forgot what a ligand* does (molecule, attaches to larger molecules) and this popped up. It appears to coincide roughly with the age (and scale) of papers that I look back at and go "hey, no, that's not real science", because 6 people do not a test-group make. Anyway, tickled me, pretty picture to add to the synesthetic (ETA: damn, autocorrecting...) pattern o' the nature of the universe.
*If you're interested: the recent paper (observational study on ~ calcium and vitamin D influence on the menstrual cycle and, in particular, ectopic pregnancy - really interesting stuff today), that led indirectly to the paper (1997, RXR and RAR interaction with ligands, uh, essentially, I think, I haven't read this one fully yet, but the lil abstract helped me understand something about method of gene transcription). Well, should say I haven't read either of them fully because I, sadly, am not personally an institution with access to full-text medical sciences. Just find it interesting and can't afford the stupid subscriptions, so I read many abstracts. I dream of a world in which commercialism has not and cannot touch the 'pure' sciences; where information is given as freely as speech in a role-play game.
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Saturday 22 October 2016
Haha, nerd heaven. I'm reading a paper that's on a topic I hope will be an actual piece later, for now - I love this paragraph:
"...Bucklen and Zajac (2009) concluded, “The greatest problem for parolees was managing themselves in a prosocial manner while facing demands from their environment” (p. 239).
"Communication can be a critically important element of prosocial behavior. A prime example, as described in the General Aggression Model (C. A. Anderson & Bushman, 2002), is the use of verbal aggression, a catalyst to physical assault among violent criminals (Infante & Rancer, 1996; Toch, 1969). The use of verbal aggression is significantly correlated with the extent of resorting to physical assault (C. M. Anderson & Rancer, 2007; Infante & Wigley, 1986), felony offenses (Spillane-Grieco, 2000), and physical aggression in correctional centers (Cornell, Peterson, & Richards, 1999; Mejovšek, Buðanovac, & Šućur, 2000). A number of researchers have found that a deficiency in verbal skills is a major cause of verbal aggression (e.g., Bandura, 1973; Infante, Chandler, & Rudd, 1989; Roberto, 1999; Toch, 1969). It follows that teaching communication skills is an important intervention aimed at reducing aggression and violence in society."
Love it because it's stating the obvious and look at all those references in there saying, 'Come on. I know some people don't want to admit this but you've known for a long time now, it's totally true'.. :D
Can you hit comic timing in text??
Nonviolent Communication and Minfulness Training in Prison
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"...Bucklen and Zajac (2009) concluded, “The greatest problem for parolees was managing themselves in a prosocial manner while facing demands from their environment” (p. 239).
"Communication can be a critically important element of prosocial behavior. A prime example, as described in the General Aggression Model (C. A. Anderson & Bushman, 2002), is the use of verbal aggression, a catalyst to physical assault among violent criminals (Infante & Rancer, 1996; Toch, 1969). The use of verbal aggression is significantly correlated with the extent of resorting to physical assault (C. M. Anderson & Rancer, 2007; Infante & Wigley, 1986), felony offenses (Spillane-Grieco, 2000), and physical aggression in correctional centers (Cornell, Peterson, & Richards, 1999; Mejovšek, Buðanovac, & Šućur, 2000). A number of researchers have found that a deficiency in verbal skills is a major cause of verbal aggression (e.g., Bandura, 1973; Infante, Chandler, & Rudd, 1989; Roberto, 1999; Toch, 1969). It follows that teaching communication skills is an important intervention aimed at reducing aggression and violence in society."
Love it because it's stating the obvious and look at all those references in there saying, 'Come on. I know some people don't want to admit this but you've known for a long time now, it's totally true'.. :D
Can you hit comic timing in text??
Nonviolent Communication and Minfulness Training in Prison
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Friday 21 October 2016
Thursday 20 October 2016
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Tuesday 18 October 2016
"The skillmaster, at his elevated level, can be disciplined only by himself. This is why the position must never be political, nor granted as an honour, but only bestowed to the most learned." Robin Hobb, Fool's Assassin (p134).
How twisted up is this world? D.Trump craves to be President but wouldn't actually want the job if given it. We call it politics, but in fact, the job is governance. To ask the dumb question: Why is it political?
How twisted up is this world? D.Trump craves to be President but wouldn't actually want the job if given it. We call it politics, but in fact, the job is governance. To ask the dumb question: Why is it political?
Monday 17 October 2016
Words...
...strung together in a pattern that makes me happy. It doesn't really matter if he managed the objectivity he was after, I love the way he phrases the intention:
"If a personal point may be noted, the fact that the writer of these pages is himself a Catholic and in political sympathy strongly attached to the political theory of the Revolution, should not be hidden from the reader. Such personal conditions [...]; but he believes that no personal and therefore exaggerated note has been allowed to intrude upon his description of what is a definite piece of objective history lying in the field of record rather than in that of opinion." H. Belloc on The French Revolution, January 1911.
"If a personal point may be noted, the fact that the writer of these pages is himself a Catholic and in political sympathy strongly attached to the political theory of the Revolution, should not be hidden from the reader. Such personal conditions [...]; but he believes that no personal and therefore exaggerated note has been allowed to intrude upon his description of what is a definite piece of objective history lying in the field of record rather than in that of opinion." H. Belloc on The French Revolution, January 1911.
Sunday 16 October 2016
Call it the dao, flow or (on a personal level) awakening, enlightenment... it's all part and parcel of the same thing. Seeing reality around you, life from a bigger perspective, and allowing your own/internal horizons to grow in response.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Have some fanfiction because I'm high :)
Dialogue Drabble: Albus and Severus talking over tea late one evening in Harry Potter's 6th year.
A fire crackled somewhere behind them, spoken into the silence....
"In life there are moments when you look at your own actions with a sharp awareness of your frailties and flaws; seeing what you could have done better had you known, had you reacted fast enough or with a different tact."
Severus watched the old man's eyes, seeing glassy blues that didn't look at him but back at all those 'mistakes'. "Albus..."
"Don't interrupt an old man's wisdom, lad. I might not have time left to think these thoughts again." He huffed a sigh. "In those moments, Severus, my only advise is remember the present ticks ever on and you only ever need look back as long as it might help you forward."
Closing his lightly parted lips the younger man could think of nothing to say.
"Sherbert lemon?"
A fire crackled somewhere behind them, spoken into the silence....
"In life there are moments when you look at your own actions with a sharp awareness of your frailties and flaws; seeing what you could have done better had you known, had you reacted fast enough or with a different tact."
Severus watched the old man's eyes, seeing glassy blues that didn't look at him but back at all those 'mistakes'. "Albus..."
"Don't interrupt an old man's wisdom, lad. I might not have time left to think these thoughts again." He huffed a sigh. "In those moments, Severus, my only advise is remember the present ticks ever on and you only ever need look back as long as it might help you forward."
Closing his lightly parted lips the younger man could think of nothing to say.
"Sherbert lemon?"
Friday 14 October 2016
Pain is the blinkers of life, for me. It stops me from looking around in wonder, at the people, at the way that things are spreading and becoming so much more open over the last decade. There's a lot more respect overall for most people, from the simplistic (homophobia, racism etc) through to the everyday, casual cruelties seem to fly under people's radars less often. I'm sat in a room, watching crows fly, wishing that I don't want to fall over every time I get up (because it would be so much easier to just fall down again) and knowing that I'm going to keep getting up.. just to fucking spite myself. Because you make things better by active intent.
Maybe I'm screaming into the wind. perhaps this will never change. But sometimes you gotta strive for the impossible.
Maybe I'm screaming into the wind. perhaps this will never change. But sometimes you gotta strive for the impossible.
Thursday 13 October 2016
Wednesday 5 October 2016
Schadenfreude. A powerful thing when used at the right moment,
Everyone's made up of a scale of psychological mixers, experience and DNA combining to ineffable personality. As a species we have a tendency to put labels on things in order to communicate them (i.e. rock, chartreuse, rain-cycle) naturally one of the first things to be created in this wonderful world are 'Good' and 'Bad'. These labels apply to just about anything. Including and not limited to species, personality traits, rain-cycles. We, as a species, apply them to people all the fucking time. I do it, it's ingrained. And I think it's a fundamental flaw sort of like the word 'literally', we see them upside-down accidentally all the time.
In science and mathematics there are no emotions, because they don't come into play in the real world; they're perceived. 'Bad' and 'Good' don't and can't have a physical presence. What they can do is change perception and therefore influence action.
I consider aspects of my personality to be 'Bad'. I'm a sadist (well, sado-masochist, but lets not get into that here). This does not mean that I have or would ever intentionally hurt someone for my own pleasure (without some kinda kinky shit going on first), but still parts of me beats my sadistic side for being 'Bad'. To the best of my knowledge, most people are pretty good at (often well-practised at) beating themselves up for their own personality traits.
When taken from the perspective of many.. this seems wasteful and inefficient.
Honest moment: My sadism leaks out sometimes, I've found manners of containing and mitigating that. Schadenfreude being a good one. Jada Pinkett Smith, "allow my shadow to play in a safe way.."
Everyone's made up of a scale of psychological mixers, experience and DNA combining to ineffable personality. As a species we have a tendency to put labels on things in order to communicate them (i.e. rock, chartreuse, rain-cycle) naturally one of the first things to be created in this wonderful world are 'Good' and 'Bad'. These labels apply to just about anything. Including and not limited to species, personality traits, rain-cycles. We, as a species, apply them to people all the fucking time. I do it, it's ingrained. And I think it's a fundamental flaw sort of like the word 'literally', we see them upside-down accidentally all the time.
In science and mathematics there are no emotions, because they don't come into play in the real world; they're perceived. 'Bad' and 'Good' don't and can't have a physical presence. What they can do is change perception and therefore influence action.
I consider aspects of my personality to be 'Bad'. I'm a sadist (well, sado-masochist, but lets not get into that here). This does not mean that I have or would ever intentionally hurt someone for my own pleasure (without some kinda kinky shit going on first), but still parts of me beats my sadistic side for being 'Bad'. To the best of my knowledge, most people are pretty good at (often well-practised at) beating themselves up for their own personality traits.
When taken from the perspective of many.. this seems wasteful and inefficient.
Honest moment: My sadism leaks out sometimes, I've found manners of containing and mitigating that. Schadenfreude being a good one. Jada Pinkett Smith, "allow my shadow to play in a safe way.."
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