Tag: definitions
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Self vs. Croco (What?!?)
Is ”self” an illusion? (1) The world turns around our belief that we are… us. We may believe in nothing but we surely (almost) all believe in our self. But take a look around. Think truly. Is that river “not you”? Is that cool breeze “not you”? Is that cold cruel world “not you”? Is…
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Death. Difficult to define… Difficult to exist…
Hundreds of genes seen sparking to life two days after death. (1) Life. Death. Difficult to define. And as such, more than difficult to even exist… Listen to the silence in the forest. It is nothing. It is you…
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Accuracy: Does it even exist? Break the mirror.
Better thermometers might be possible as a result of a discovery, where physicists have found a way to calibrate temperature measurements by monitoring the tiny motions of a nanomechanical system that are governed by the often counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics. (1) Accuracy: The measure of how correct you are based on what you have…
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Odysseus and the fear of “Nobody”… [OR: The primitive against the new, OR: The fear of the abyss]
Do you fear being nobody? Odysseus (the “new”, the “logical”) once fooled Cyclops (the “primitive”, the “irrational”) by being “nobody”. But upon escaping he felt the need to say to cyclops his name. He was too afraid of nothingness, too afraid that he would actually be engulfed by the primitive he so easily fooled. [Carl…
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DNA. Bacteria. Life in… Everywhere!
A new study in mice has shown that the DNA of bacteria that live in the body can pass a trait to offspring in a way similar to the parents' own DNA. According to the authors, the discovery means scientists need to consider a significant new factor -- the DNA of microbes passed from mother…
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