From the classic…and, oh, how it moved me in college so many lifetimes ago
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Ozymandias
Nicely illustrated version of Shelley’s poem, a favorite of mine
https://www.behance.net/gallery/60064219/Ozymandias
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A Different Kind of Progress: The Poetry and Philosophy of Rilke, Rumi, Mary Oliver, and Tagore, Set to Song
A beautiful musical homage to the eternal dance of life and death…
https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/12/17/shannon-hawley-a-different-kind-of-progress/
2021 Nikon Smallworld Photomicrography Competition Winners
Hidden wonder and beauty in the microscopic world around us…
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2021-photomicrography-competition
Do We Send the Goo?
“If humans are capable of instigating multiple origins of life under a broader array of circumstances than life currently exists, ought we to do it?” – Betül Kaçar
https://aeon.co/essays/if-were-alone-in-the-universe-should-we-do-anything-about-it
See also: https://mindmatters.ai/t/protospermia/
The Hard Problem of Consciousness is already Beginning to Dissolve
“Science can solve the great mystery of consciousness – how physical matter gives rise to conscious experience – we just have to use the right approach, says neuroscientist Anil Seth.”
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133501-500-the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-is-already-beginning-to-dissolve/#ixzz75YNRItaP
Marine Archaeologists Just Found Four 2,200-Year-Old Roman Battering Rams Used During The Punic Wars
The ancient Roman battering rams held inscriptions from judges who signed off on their construction and held three enormous blades on each side to tear through enemy ships.
This Random Sense of Wonder 