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I drink filtered water. If I leave a glass of it on the table overnight, it absorbs … what we would call flavors or scents … but actually, essences. From the room. And I can taste the change. This is osmotic… and we metaphy this in English as one of...

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The sensitivity phenotypes (unique local conservations/expressions) of humans only crudely resemble our common ideas, which are mostly models derived from »averages. While I wouldn’t arbitrarily dispose of this form of modeling, it’s nearly useless in any...

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This morning: Traces of a dream conversation… Sky. Trees. Birdsongs. Lettuces/Tomatoes (real): acquired. 1 gallon of Unexpected Isopropal Alchohol ($25): acquired. T’ai Chi with the Frenchman and Mr. Lee’s old student. Meeting with the other martial...

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We already have intelligent space aliens we largely refuse to grant an earnest audience to. We call them children. But those are just the new ones. The old ones we call organisms. And, on the whole, the primary activity of our species is to ensure they remain silent —...

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“The phenomenon is not unique to humans; in fact, the likely speculation is that we will continue to find evidence in all life forms. We have already seen evidence in other mammals, birds and insects. Something fundamental has shifted, something we probably have...

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For we have been bathed in the sacred oils of origin; even should we forget, their fragrance is in our every exhalation…