Tag: humanity

Reason and Intuition

by jjhiii24, posted in Books, Brains, Nature, Neuroscience, Personal, Philosophy

  "It has certainly been true in the past that what we call intelligence and scientific discovery has conveyed a survival advantage...provided the universe has evolved in a regular way, we might expect the reasoning abilities that natural selection has given us would be valid also in our search...and so would not lead us to … Continue reading Reason and Intuition

Samsara

by jjhiii24, posted in Ancient Culture, Nature, The Human Spirit, Western Culture

This week, I was finally able to view a film I’ve been wanting to see for some time called, “Samsara,” directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, and was stunned at the richness of the diversity of locations filmed, and was both inspired and disturbed by the powerful effect of the contrasts presented … Continue reading Samsara