Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
Quote of the Day
Posted by: gimster on: April 9, 2008
The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings.
The Buddha
(Source)
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: March 5, 2008
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
– Mark Twain (aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens; 1835-1910),
American humanist, humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer
(Source)
TED | Talks | Malcolm Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce (video)
Posted by: gimster on: January 25, 2008
- In: Philosophy
- 1 Comment
The second of two videos on the link between choice and happiness. The idea came about after a brief discussion with Mr James Ho. Choice is on our minds as JC1 students have to grapple with their choice of the post-secondary institution after getting their results yesterday
from www.ted.com [...]
TED | Talks | Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice (video)
Posted by: gimster on: January 25, 2008
The first of two videos I’m posting here on the link between choice and happiness.
from www.ted.com posted with vodpod
New Year Thoughts
Posted by: gimster on: January 1, 2008
New year… How to be a better person. Is there more to life then being (highly) effective?
I asked a close friend why he is in the job that he’s in. He summarised his reasons very succinctly:
intellectual challenge
working with people he enjoys working with
making a difference to other people’s lives – being a positive influence
the least [...]
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: February 22, 2007
- In: Culture| Philosophy| Science| The arts
- 1 Comment
Where the world ceases to be the stage for personal hopes and desires, where we, as free beings, behold it in wonder, to question and to contemplate, there we enter the realm of art and science. If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science; if [...]
Russians
Posted by: gimster on: September 25, 2006
In Europe and America,
There’s a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don’t subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too
How can I save [...]
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: July 31, 2006
If I have seen further [than certain other men] it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton (1642–1727).
Letter to Robert Hooke,
February 5, 1675.
With reference to his dependency on
Galileo’s and Kepler’s work
in physics and astronomy.
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: July 19, 2006
The central work of life is interpretation.
–Proverb.
Science, scepticism and orthodoxy
Posted by: gimster on: July 6, 2006
- In: Philosophy| Science
- 1 Comment
What is the process of knowledge construction in science? This little bit of Q&A found on BBC’s Web site, which follows up on an episode of Horizon on ‘global dimming‘, gives us a glimpse. The answer is written by the producer of the BBC Two science documentary series.
Q: Are scientists often sceptical of findings that [...]
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: June 28, 2006
- In: Education| General| Philosophy
- 1 Comment
‘The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function’.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thought of the day
Posted by: gimster on: May 10, 2006
- In: General| Philosophy
- 6 Comments
Knowledge is a wonderful thing: You can share it, but no one can take it away from you.
(Or can they?)
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: April 22, 2006
Knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so. If you learn how to look at data in the right way, you can explain riddles that otherwise might have seemed impossible. Because there is nothing like the sheer power of numbers to scrub away the layers of confusion [...]
Exploration
Posted by: gimster on: April 21, 2006
While I was in Hong Kong during the March vacation, I was finishing up my reading of Lou Marinoff's Plato, Not Prozac!
A friend had suggested earlier that I write something about the joy of travelling. It so happens that the book has this quotation:
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our [...]
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