Category: Dasein Philosophy
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False memories. Forget them!
A study suggests we're all susceptible to false memories. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focused on people with highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), who are able to recall highly specific facts about their lives, like what they ate for lunch, going all the way back to their childhood.…
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Close your eyes. Pay attention.
Attention is what steers your perception. But attention is a limited resource. If you do not attent to something you cannot be aware of it. But you can attend an event without being aware of it! (1) Being aware of what you see. Or focusing on your internal thoughts? Most choose the first. But is it…
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Immortality: Possible.
Many living beings are literally immortal. [1] From trees [2] to lobsters [3] to Hydra [4], immortality is more common than we may think. Our lost contact with Nature is probably the reason we have denied ourselves this possibility. We consider us as one of the most evolved species and yet we die younger than almost any…
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Universe, Life, Divine.
Ancient alien life might have been incubating on strange exoplanets just 15 million years after the birth of the universe. Although nothing more complex than microbes could have existed back then, the possibility may poke holes in the notion that the universe is fine-tuned for human existence. (1) But why is that notion so important?…
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Hurt no one. Hurt not your self.
Every time you do something good, you do something good to your self. Every time you do something bad, you hurt your self. You are everybody. Everybody is you. (1)
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