Group Think!

"Can you persuade someone to like a product by telling them that it’s popular? Do teenagers like Taylor Swift because she’s good or because everyone else they know likes her..."

This short Wired Magazine article provides some insight into recent Group Think research. What makes certain things 'popular'?

Clive Thompson on How Group Think Rules What We Like

You won't find consciousness in the brain.

"Many features of ordinary consciousness also resist neurological explanation."

It's been a bumper day for good reads!! While the last post links to a video essay concerning our exterior world, this short print essay brings the cold light of day to the interior world.

Consciousness in the brain

"We cannot therefore conclude that when we see what seem to be neural correlates of consciousness that we are seeing consciousness itself."

We're All One

A very thoughtful and interesting 10 min HD video offering a First Nations view of 'Connectedness'.

Well written and somehow poetic. Dry to some. Thankfully and thoroughly lacking over-sensationalized spin, to others. Many of the points are unsupported, but the general tambra is hard to argue: "All Is One."

Give it a minute and you may be surprised...

As always... Comments Please.

Accelerated Evolution

Sorry for the long break in posts. Been fighter cancer. More on that later, maybe.

In the meantime, here's a short little must-read:

Accelerated Evolution