The early Greeks
wrote
gnothi
seauton
(γνῶθι
σεαυτόν),
“Know Thyself” on the walls of
the Temple
of Delphi, thousands of years ago. Cogito
ergo sum. I think therefore I am. A
thought by René Descartes as he wrote in his Principia
Philosophiae (1644). In short it captures the concept that
the only thing I really know, the only thing I can be sure of is me,
myself and I. Not in a physical sense, not as body, but I do have
thoughts and that at least is Me.
Thursday 1 March 2012
Tuesday 10 January 2012
On the Origin of Dog Race by Means of Manual Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
"Nice head, pity the brain doesn't fit in" was the captive caption of a two-page article by Lucas Brouwers, science journalist for the Dutch top-notch newspaper NRC (7 January 2012, Weekend Science Annex). It describes the excessive failures of professional dog breeders to come up with healthy strains, "races", of dogs.
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