Thought Provoking Entropy | 05 Jun 2013
According to Yvon Chouinard, If you’re not part of the solution you’re still part of the problem. “Everything we personally own that’s made, sold, shipped, stored, cleaned, and ultimately thrown away does some environmental harm every step of the way, harm that we’re either directly responsible for or is done on our behalf.” “If you [...]
Thought Provoking Entropy | 31 May 2012
“We are the descendants of those who were most successful at finding patterns. This process is called association learning and is fundamental to all animal behavior, from C. elegans to H. sapiens. I call this process patternicity, or the tendency to find meaningful patterns in both meaningful and meaningless noise.” — Michael Shermer We can’t [...]
Thought Provoking Entropy | 23 Jan 2012
The Content isn’t King, Context is King .. Wish to share eloquent,persuasive & dazzling essay by Lawrence H. Summers, may appear long to read on the web, however its worth the attention and effort. Lawrence H. Summers is former president of Harvard University and former secretary of the Treasury. This essay is based on a [...]
Thought Provoking Entropy | 01 Jan 2012
Wish to begin new year first post by reproducing profound essay by Astrophysicist Adam Frank sharing his thoughts on Vaclav Havel … What is the value of not knowing? What is the value of boundaries between what we think we know, and what we do not even know how to formulate? The poet, playwright and [...]
Thought Provoking Entropy | 18 May 2011
The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views? – E. O. Wilson In the words of David Brooks NYT columnist and author – We have [...]