Month: November 2012
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BP, Deep Horizon and the “we must do something” mania of Western people…
If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up apparently made it even worse! According to new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes…
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“Artificial”, “Natural”, conventions conventions conventions…
The Colorado River flooded the Grand Canyon on Monday as part of an ongoing experiment to rebuild beaches and restore fish habitat in the iconic Arizona gorge. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was on hand to open the river outlet tubes at the Glen Canyon Dam in an attempt to clear out the hundreds of millions of…
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Our life is not our own…
Our life is not our own… [Cloud Atlas] As simple as it may sound, this phrase has a profound meaning and can liberate a person from its anxiety. We all talk about “OUR live” as if it is our property. However we do not know why we are here. We do not know where we…
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Why “antitheseis” exists.
The world is full of things which are in “anti-thesis” (Gr. αντίθεση) with each other. And this results in some antiphasis (Gr. αντιφάσεις) which cannot be resolved and buffle us. But why should antithesis exist in the first place? The reason is simple: Our senses and our model of thinking is based on them. Without…
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