RE: How Cells Use Logic To Do The Impossible
Long time no see - glad to find you exploring new ways, to us, for us to combine philosophy and biology. I never was good at school, in biology, arithmetic or anything that require a strict 'follow-the-leader' of logical trains of thought, I mostly did not do well where I had to memorise...but always enjoyed the hiccups in my mental world when I try to open new pathways of intuitive logic - even if they tend to lead me astray.
In other words, I knew, as a schoolboy, that food goes in the one end and something happens in the middle and then out comes that disgusting stuff I know I never ate...so what the hell is it doing coming out of me? Once, I got so stubborn about denying it, that I was constipated for just under one month. When the teachers found out, they brought a bag of oranges and told me I have to keep on eating them until I go. Luckily it happened within three hours, which saved me from having to down another orange, which I was sick of by then
I presume your end of the world is turning cold; it is supposed to be summer here, but our wild and exciting thunder and lightning storms have been cooling us down (it hailed today, which was nice for me, but not for those who have farms).
On the serie of 16 of yours, I am still on #9. The good thing is, at least 1 to 4% of it sticks, so I am slowly growing, thanks to you.
I watched a video of Jonathan Bowden and he talked about Nietche, Value and so on, and it made me think of you.
Rote memorization never sat well with me either! I could only take an interest in something if it seemed of profound importance and if I was allowed to be creative in it. Matters that seemed settled didn't seem to be worth learning. At uni (unlike school) teachers often tell you about fringe areas of their subject where many questions are still unsettled. I loved uni. I wish school would be more like it.
Funny constipation story! I guess the same is repeated in many different forms and areas of human life. For instance, religion does it a lot, trying to deny that humans are such-and-such or could do x and y.
It's cold-ish here. Today it was warm and sunny though. Got myself some vitamin D!
I'm glad that steemit provides an alternative form of learning. So many people have a problem with the traditional classroom setting and they miss out on so much amazing information. It has always been one of my life mission to find and creat alternative forms of scientific learning. Often I've been doing scientific murals and telling people about the structures and things I paint while I work. Now I'm also writing scientific articles for steem! Im curious why oranges were the thing they had you eat. I guess they are watery but maybe the citrus has something to do with digestion.
Each segment is wrapped in a fibrous material. It does help with keeping a tummy regular - but, I tend to believe in magic of suggestion. They had me thinking the oranges will work, so they did.
Mind over matter is quite an exciting subject, for it has no negative aspects and should help us grow stronger and more positive.
Some years ago, I had taken a meditation course in London and it was evening and I had a toothache. I suddenly realised I cannot close my mouth because the gum has swollen to the point it is almost covering the tooth. Dentists are not easy to find at night, so I closed my eyes and imagined millions of tiny workers in white coats rushing to fix my tooth and gum.
Suddenly I realised my mouth is closed. I felt and found my gums had gone back to their regular size and shape and my tooth no longer hurt.
I've never managed to do anything like that again, but, as they say, the exception proves the rule.
As for education, some important experiments took place, before all goverments decided to mess up our kids with the worst systems possible. We threw away such a golden opportunity to improve ourselves and the world. So, good luck to you. Any attempts are bound to make a difference, even if only to a few. That counts.