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The Known Universe by AMNH

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Re-discovering the world

I spent most of last week at my parents in Dorset looking after my 7 year old nephew Matthew as it was half term. They’re close to the sea, a short ten minute walk away but he’s always been fearful of the sea, not wanting to even go paddling. This part of the coast has [...]

Happy Easter and yes the world is getting better

You’ve probably heard of the Stanford Prison Experiment, if you’ve an interest in human behaviour that is… Here’s an article published in the March issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education where the creator of that experiment Philip G. Zimbardo talks about how we’re not learning from the mistakes we’ve made and the current relevance [...]

2007 – What are you optimistic about?

As you’re thinking what you are optimistic about for 2007, you might be interested to read what some others like Daniel Dennett, Daniel Goleman, Howard Gardner, Steven Pinker, Martin Seligman, Ray Kurzweil, Douglas Rushkoff, Richard Dawkins etc… are optimistic about. http://edge.org/q2007/q07_index.html

Science of Santa Claus

Jolly Old Elf Really Can Deliver Presents in One Night, Says NC State Engine From: http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/2006/dec/212.html News Release Science of Santa Claus: Jolly Old Elf Really Can Deliver Presents in One Night, Says NC State Engineer Media Contacts: Dr. Larry Silverberg, 919/515-5665 Mick Kulikowski, News Services, 919/515-3470 Dec. 6, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Don’t believe [...]

Some seasonal viewing for you

http://www.angryalien.com/1204/wonderful_lifebuns.asp

All I Want For Christmas Is…

I’m going to be spending Christmas with my 6 year old nephew Matt, and while I’m looking for an interesting and exciting present to give him and don’t really know what so will probably get him to choose something I get that the best present for him is me. That I’m present for him. So [...]

In memory of Roye Fraser – A Hero’s Journey, a Hero’s Life.

My colleague Jeff Leiken posted this on the MythoSelf Yahoo Group early this morning. Roye’s legacy continues, through Joseph and through Charles Moore who this weekend is presenting his Mythogenic Self training near London, we’ll be thinking of Roye and the blessing he has given us through Joseph, that we are continuing to extend out [...]

Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches by Mary Oliver

Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives – tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like? Do you think this world was only an entertainment for you? Never to enter the sea and [...]

Here’s a poem for you, by Mary Oliver, I’ve highlighted my favourite line

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes [...]