Re: [FRIAM] Janus colloids

2017-07-10 Thread Carl Tollander
Another attention issue https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-library-of-heaven On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:30 AM, Carl Tollander wrote: > Well, initially I was reminded of Bruce Sterling's novel "Distraction", in > which chemical manipulation of low levels of attention in neurons (The App) >

Re: [FRIAM] Janus colloids

2017-07-10 Thread Carl Tollander
Well, initially I was reminded of Bruce Sterling's novel "Distraction", in which chemical manipulation of low levels of attention in neurons (The App) reestablished a kind of involuntary multi-camerality. OTOH, just about everything these days initially reminds me of "Distraction". Howsoever, rea

Re: [FRIAM] Janus colloids

2017-07-10 Thread Vladimyr
Glen and the congregation. I caught that news as well. A bit spooky, Leibnitz's Monads, then this came in https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-the-self-if-not-that-which-pays-attention?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6898ffd7fb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-689

[FRIAM] Janus colloids

2017-07-10 Thread glen ep ropella
Spontaneous system follows rules of equilibrium https://phys.org/news/2017-07-spontaneous-equilibrium.html > The research was spurred when Granick and Yan noticed something strange in > the laboratory. As they watched a random mixture of soft-matter particles > called Janus colloids, which