jeangenie

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by jeangenie 16y ago
that's a lonely way of looking at things; there's probably nothing quite like us. i've said before but should reiterate, we perceive and experience a tiny portion of what makes the universe alive.
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by jeangenie 16y ago
>> It's just a hunch, but I suspect the root cause for European imperialistic domination was that they had a more accessible writing notation. the greeks devised a fantastic writing system, including representations of vowels (which
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by jeangenie 16y ago
not felicitous to say the least. you're ignoring my point that your self is formed by something which also has a form that you're ignoring since you're so in love with its ability to change.
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by jeangenie 16y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXoNE14U_zM
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by jeangenie 16y ago
good advice i actually got from a professor (via c.s. peirce): do nothing to stand in the way of enquiry. this forces you to confront the inadequacy of your knowledge (which you'll realize is intensely personal) and how much help you need.
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by jeangenie 16y ago
You bifurcate "I" and "me" implying the former can reliably create such a state in the latter; if this is the case, then what's actually at work in forming your "me"?
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by jeangenie 16y ago
this being the second time i've heard the term "catch-all" in this thread, note that words in areas outside of medicine have a similar porosity. our understanding of many things is still naive.
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by jeangenie 16y ago
my university's general chemistry series had a problem with kids loading their TI-83s with "notes" to remember what oxidized and what reduced (and much, much more). it was crude and pretty obvious but extremely effective and no one in my cl
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by jeangenie 16y ago
following up on this, i've received advice from extremely successful and well-respected criminal defense attorneys amounting to this: never talk to police; what you say can only be used against you not to your benefit. scary but very true f
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by jeangenie 16y ago
yes and we'll now be the generation who cannot seem to reconcile themselves with the newer and supposedly more meaningless distinctions until the next ones come along.
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by jeangenie 16y ago
I for one am praying this is just a marketing stunt for the Kindle.