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About Me

Location:
United States, Burlington, VT
Current organization:
Vermont College
Past organizations:
Union Institute & University
Gender:
Male
I am:
Artist, Athlete, Educator/Teacher, Engineer, Explorer, Filmmaker, Idea generator, Single, Student, Writer/Editor
Languages:
English
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    A comment on Conversation: What sounds do you think are in the universe?

    Mar 26 2011: I think it's important to realize that sound is created only when our senses provide our brain with input which can be percieved as sound. Stars exploding and black hole colliding don't make sounds, the produce vibrations of energy. If there is an entity with a sensory organ capable of percieving that energy then they might experience it as "sound", but the event itself has no sound.

    Levin repeatedly makes the fatal error in her talk (I think), she anthropomophizes the universe and the things in it. I agree that these things are fascinating and infinitley interesting, but much of the wonder is lost by the misdirect of giving physical properties of matter human capacities and personalities. And no, the poetry is not lost in this.

    The universe insn't singing, we are singing the universe.

  • A comment on Talk: VS Ramachandran: 3 clues to understanding your brain

    Apr 25 2008: HELP! The link to download this talk doesn't download THIS talk, it's some other talk about the "good Semeritan". Where can I find a link to download the Ramachandran talk?

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