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spectacular talent meets
Some (actually surprisingly short) time ago, I wrote down my thoughts about why spectacular talent needs support. In the meantime, Mira Rai, the girl who triggered my blog post, was able to show her talent in some races that matter (matter in … Continue reading
Posted in (trail) running
Tagged evolution, Lizzy Hawker, Lucy, Mira Rai, Morgan Freeman
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delivery beats content
To me it’s a scary thought, but that only shows how caught up I am in head games, how out of touch with sensuous reality. Whatever we are and do is based on the reality – including our sense of self … Continue reading
Posted in psychology, society
Tagged confirmation bias, Edward T. Hall, evolution, Richard Bull, sensual experience, singularity, Steward Lee, Will Stephen
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mirroring the world
My previous post on music magic is actually not only or even ‘really’ about music but about what is and how we can be sort of sure about that. Music is ‘merely’ one possible and beautiful aspect of it, for me … Continue reading
any reason is good enough to share Mr. 42
I just read Daniel Dennet’s Intuition pumps and other tools for thinking. It never seizes to amaze me how limited the universe of my fancies is, how persistent it is, how I time and again return to teenage roots. I know … Continue reading
Posted in psychology
Tagged algorithms, Daniel Dennett, Douglas Adams, Douglas Hofstadter, evolution, humour, Lee Siegel, Nassim Taleb
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