Well actually it’s “Don’t trust any elephant under 60“. This Science News’ article is about elephants, but it applies to people, and all species I’d imagine.
Our choices for what to look for in a leader runs the gamut, as this excerpt from the Science News’ article puts it:
“There is an interesting trade-off here, which certainly applies to humans and maybe elephants as well,” van Vugt says. “The group might want a young, fit and aggressive leader to defend the group — the Schwarzenegger type — but at the same time might want an older, more experienced leader — the Merkel type — to make an accurate assessment of the dangers in the situation.” Continue reading ‘Don’t trust anyone under 60′
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Imagination knows no end
In this week’s commentary I point out how our mind’s ‘ideal world’ is boundless, and how we think we can just do it. Truth be told, we are at the mercy of the fears and needs felt in our reptilian brain. A short article from in Science News, Shocked To Learn That Talk Is Cheap, backs this up nicely.
A recent Science News article hinted at something I never thought I’d live to see.
I’ve always thought that science would take longer than forever to incorporate that immeasurable and beyond reductionism side to reality that the Tao Te Ching speaks so well to.
There are signs that it may come sooner than forever. Hooray! See Out of the Fabric: Are space and time fundamental?
Of course, that won’t really change anything. After all, most folks have an even harder time with ‘taoist views’ than with scientific ones. At least with science there is something on which to hold on. Continue reading ‘In Praise Of Nothing’
I was struck recently by a comment the Pope made on suffering (see: Pope Benedict stumped by Japanese girl’s question about suffering). Briefly, a young girl asked him, “Why do children have to be so sad?” Benedict admitted: “I also have the same questions: why is it this way? Why do you have to suffer so much while others live in ease?”
This exemplifies the shaky foundation of the Christian world view. How does a believer reconcile the deep disconnect between a God that favors us (Adam and Eve, Noah, Jesus dying for our sins, etc.) and the ruthless reality of nature. Not surprisingly, Christians can’t bridge this gap, and must always fall back on ‘faith’. I imagine some of the evangelic fever seen in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic path is symptomatic of this underlying reality (i.e., Subconsciously, they doth protest too much, methinks).
Continue reading ‘It’s Simply Nature’s Way’
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