September 2009
25 posts
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“Manuel Castells and Paul Virilio on the real time
“Manuel Castells, in his...”
– Robert Hassan, Professor at Indiana University, Dept. of Telecommunications, Timescapes of the Network SocietyTimescapes of the Network Society, Fast Capitalism, 1.1.2005.
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“ “The bygone world was a world of rhythms. Today, we live in a world of...”
– Harmeet Sawhney cited in Robert Hassan, Timescapes of the Network Society
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“ “From our contemporary perspective, it is difficult to appreciate the...”
– Robert Hassan, Professor at Indiana University, Dept. of Telecommunications, Timescapes of the Network SocietyTimescapes of the Network Society, Fast Capitalism, 1.1.2005.
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“ “The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe—even...”
– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French philosopher (1881-1955)
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“ “Sean Carroll: The simplest way out of the puzzle of time travel is to...”
– What Is Time? One Physicist Hunts for the Ultimate Theory - interview with Sean Carroll by Erin Biba | Wired.com
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“Jeff Wise on how the brain stops time
“Fear does not actually speed up...”
– Jeff Wise, How the Brain Stops Time, Psychology Today, March 13, 2010.
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“Robert Hassan on timescapes
“Perhaps an easily comprehended way to think about...”
– Robert Hassan, Professor at Indiana University, Dept. of Telecommunications, Timescapes of the Network SocietyTimescapes of the Network Society, Fast Capitalism, 1.1.2005.
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“ “The past is consumed in the present and the present is living only...”
– James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet (1882-1941), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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“ “If it made sense to say that time flows then it would make sense to ask...”
– Huw Price, Time’s Arrow and Archimedes’ Point. New Directions for the Physics of Time.
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“ “It then becomes clear and certain to him that what he knows is not a sun...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer, The World As Idea
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“ “That we cannot comprehend the world on the direct path, in other words,...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation (translated by E. Payne)
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“ “On the path of objective knowledge […] we shall […] remain on the...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation (translated by E. F. J. Payne)
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“ “For only after men had tried their hand for thousands of years at merely...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer, The world as will and representation (translated by E. Payne)
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“ “A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going...”
– Groucho Marx, American comedian (1890-1977)
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“ “Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet...”
– T. S. Eliot, American-born English poet, playwright, and literary critic (1888-1965)
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“ “Our nature is so constituted that our intuition can never be other than...”
– Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
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“ “Individual beliefs, intentions, doubts and desires owe their identities...”
– Donald Davidson, A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind (via fuckyeahphilosophy)
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“Michel Foucault on thought
“Thought (…) is not to be found only in...”
– Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (via mxmlsm)
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“ “In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror,...”
– Orson Welles, American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer (1915-1985), The Third Man, 1949
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“ “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” ”
– Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science popularizer (1934-1996)
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WatchA Record Of Life – a beautiful short animation made by Owen Gatley and Luke Jinks based on the scientific recording of lifes great species and how this has given us clues that piece together, for us to discover the secrets of the evolution and diversity of life on Earth.
