Conferences & Consciousness

reflections on conscious experiences during a conference on consciousness This morning, 4/28/2016, I set my alarm, which didn’t go off – but I woke anyway, to attend one session of a scientific conference on the nature of consciousness.  I stayed for only this one session. It was worth my time and effort,  for a variety…

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CLIMATE CHANGE and HUMAN NATURE

Four relevant urls re Climate Change, new to me  (the last three accessed from the first) conversations that mind and matter   John Kellden apocalypse-neuro-why-our-brain-cant-process-the-planets-gravest-threats Dont-Even-Think-About-It most-americans-believe-in-climate-change-but-give-it-low-priority These are part of the evidence for asserting that humankind, today, doesn’t adequately comprehend itself. Millions of sems are reported about “human nature”, but there is no significant effort…

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GRATITUDE, yes, but more …. on Oliver Sacks

I just finished (03/25/2016) reading Oliver Sack’s Gratitude, which triggered many personal insights – nothing profound, but quite meaningful. I was lying on Eloise’s bed, in her bedroom with the door closed, reading Gratitude.  Xerces (cat) was under the bed and I didn’t want him to escape again. I had called Eloise earlier, as I…

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