Lol I misread the title as promised stuff off the shelf On Aug 7, 2017 12:25 PM, "glen ☣" <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I read this the other day: > > The Promise of LSD Microdoses and Other Psychedelic "Medicines" > https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/the-promise-of-lsd- > microdoses-and-other-psychedelic-medicines/ > > and was reminded of Frank's dare to read: > > The Analysis of the Self > http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo8324792.html > > I subsequently forgot about it all. But then this popped up: > > The Dangerous Delusions of Richard Dawkins > http://www.alternet.org/belief/dangerous-delusions-richard-dawkins > > and: > > Predictably, Salon publishes a new Dawkins hit piece, and it’s as dreadful > as you’d expect > https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/ > predictably-salon-publishes-a-new-dawkins-hit-piece-and-its- > as-dreadful-as-youd-expect/ > > I still feel (over 2 decades after making a fool of myself during a lunch > at the SFI) that the concept of "self" is the most abused concept of > humanity's entire existence. Everyone uses it so often and in so many ways > that it's pert near meaningless, to someone like me, anyway. What's > amazing to me is that everyone can go along on their happy pretense that > they've communicated something when they speak/write or hear/read the > word. It reminded me again of the appeal (to me) of Hoffman's Interface > Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5XuGYqqY > > Anyway, I have no point. Any comments/laughter are welcome. 8^) > > -- > ☣ glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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