Jake
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writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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Biology is a Burrito
asimov.pressIn an ongoing study, Wilson observes college students who are left alone in a room, with no phone or other distractions, for 15 minutes. "They hate it," he said. "One would think we could spend that time mentally entertaining ourselves. But we can't. We've forgotten how."
Could boredom be curable? - The Boston Globe
So the lesson there is... look for any sort of excuse, however silly or arbitrary, to make anything at all. Because everything we do tends to leave some traces of everything that we are.
Visakan Veerasamy • for future reference
From the other side of the bridge (Milan, April 2024)
interconnected.org
The Relativity of Wrong
Isaac Asimov discusses the concept of "right" and "wrong" in scientific theories, using the example of the belief in a flat earth and how our understanding of the Earth's shape has evolved over time.
sas.upenn.edu