I shot this photo yesterday, and it needs a caption. Feel free to click through to the flickr page and leave one in the comments. Update: Siona wins: Rover knew his liberty came at a cost, but it was worth it. He was his own dog. After years of oppression, he could get up on the furniture. And he wanted to world to know. [tags]free couch hellhound[/tags]
The American Scholar – A New Theory of the Universe – By Robert Lanza Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality. This view of the world–biocentrism–revolves around the way a subjective experience, which we call consciousness, relates to a physical proces (tags: philosophy toread biology physics science systems theory universe life) Before i Forget » EVERYONE LOVES ‘LITTLE BECKY’ (tags: Little Becky)
The Other Somalia: An Island of Stability in a Sea of Armed Chaos – New York Times “You can’t be donated power,” said Dahir Rayale Kahin, the president of the Republic of Somaliland, which has long declared itself independent from the rest of Somalia. “We built this state because we saw the problems here as our problems. Our bro (tags: politics somalia community leadershp) Martin Rees on TED Talks A beautiful story of our place in the universe and the subsequent moral challenge for humans. (tags: astronomy philosophy stories) Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory Brilliant post on …
Ethan Zukerman is blogging from the TED conference. THe opening keynote was from Carolyn Porco who showed this amazing picture of Saturn eclipsing the Sun. Ethan write about the moon Enceladus: More amazing is Enceladus, a much smaller moon, about the tenth of the size of Titan. She shows Enceladus as if it were hovering over Britain (it’s not a threat, she promises” – the moon is roughly the size of England and Wales. It’s got a white, fractured surface lined by geological and tectonic activity. The amazing part of Enceladus is the South Pole, where these white …