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by a_human_being
Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:21 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Interesting documentary/paper on consciousness
Replies: 2
Views: 1185

Re: Interesting documentary/paper on consciousness

From the paper: It may be interesting to compare our considerations with subjective viewpoints that have been expressed with regard to the nature of the progression of conscious experience. For example, support for consciousness consisting of sequences of individual, discrete events is found in Budd...
by a_human_being
Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:40 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Interesting documentary/paper on consciousness
Replies: 2
Views: 1185

Interesting documentary/paper on consciousness

I watched a documentary on tv about consciousness where a guy suggests that "microtubules" , long small tubes found in neurons, could be connected to consciousness. I found a paper on it and also found the documentary I saw on vimeo. I found it very interesting although I wish I would unde...
by a_human_being
Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:01 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Hiding "Dharma treasures" for future generations to find
Replies: 6
Views: 2146

Hiding "Dharma treasures" for future generations to find

What do you guys think about the idea of putting dharma material in analog and/or digital media, put this in airtight, weatherproof, waterproof, maybe even fireproof, containers and hide these at various places (dig down deep in the earth, hide in caves etc) with the intention that maybe sometime in...
by a_human_being
Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:45 pm
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Carrying snails across the gravel path
Replies: 7
Views: 3491

Carrying snails across the gravel path

When I take nature walks I often see snails that are about to, or on their way of, trying to cross the gravel path where I am walking. Since this path most often have people walking, running or biking there, it feels like these snails face a very big risk of (if not even being doomed to) getting sma...

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