March 2012
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“In just a few seconds, the Sun has emitted more neutrinos than there are grains...”
– Frank Close
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The Nine Types of Intelligence →
1. Naturalist Intelligence (“Nature Smart”) Designates the human ability to discriminate among living things (plants, animals) as well as sensitivity to other features of the natural world (clouds, rock configurations). This ability was clearly of value in our evolutionary past as hunters, gatherers, and farmers; it continues to be central in such roles as botanist or chef. It is also speculated...
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“Liberate yourself from the illusion of culture. Take responsibility for what you...”
– Terence Mckenna
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“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to...”
– Aaron Freeman, You Want A Physicist To Speak at your Funeral (via pratfall)
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“Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.”
– James Thurber
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“Rationalism and doctrinairism are the disease of our time; they pretend to have...”
– Carl Gustav Jung
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Billy Joel - Captain Jack: Saturday night, and...