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Archive for August, 2006

Lassiter Tales of Adventure

Once thought lost, evidence has recently emerged of the delinquents behind the 1991 late night opossum sting operation against notorious girly girl Elly Bergan. This event began a series of retaliations from a rival “we’re all that” clan of aggressive 11th grade cliche girls. If you recognize anyone in this newly discovered photo, please contact Americas Most Wanted. And, if you see Elly please tell her we’re sorry for the smell.

Lassiter ’91 | Lassiter High School Class of 1991

Smolin Sacks Strings

From Wired, “The universe has a problem. The math that describes gravity and the structure of spacetime – general relativity – conflicts with the math that describes the interactions of subatomic particles – quantum mechanics. For the past two decades, the dominant approach to unifying the two has been string theory, which basically says that the universe is made of infinitesimally small, vibrating filaments of energy moving through multiple dimensions. It’s wacky stuff, but no weirder than a lot of other science. Yet in his new book, The Trouble With Physics, theoretician Lee Smolin argues that string theory is not only weird, it might be wrong.”

Wired 14.09: Physics Wars

Matthew Gets Rover

So, who would buy a Land Rover anyway? Research suggests that 60 percent are male, with an average age of 41. Eighty percent are married and 40 percent have children. Their average income is a relatively high $150,000 a year, and 80 percent are college graduates. Catchphrases from the research suggest that Discovery buyers: “…like distinctive vehicles with personality and character; believe that their individuality communicates a special type of prestige, and value timelessness over trendiness.” Dream customers by all accounts.

My own research indicates that people that buy Land Rovers are actually just geeks that really want to be cool.

The Objective Consciousness Revisited

In a significant revision of his earlier article The Objective Consciousness, Robert Heyward explores the fundamental foundations of consciousness and the primal duality of subject and object.

Original post by C.G. Jung Page

Hush Hush, Eye to Eye

Shy people may be quiet, but there’s a lot going on in their heads. When they encounter a frightening or unfamiliar situation–meeting someone new, for example–a brain region responsible for negative emotions goes into overdrive. But new research indicates that shy people may be more sensitive to all sorts of stimuli, not just frightening ones.

The Rewards of Being Shy — Hochman 2006 (613): 3 — ScienceNOW

Pluto Rocks!

The International Astronomical Union, who apparently have a lot of time on their hands, have stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930. Pluto is a planet – get over it.

CNN.com – Pluto gets the boot – Aug 24, 2006

All Men are Created Equal

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News from the Philemon Foundation

Learn about the most recent efforts to bring Jung’s vast unpublished works to print, as the Philemon Foundation offers this first in an occasional series of updates on its vital work.

Original post by C.G. Jung Page

The Ghost at the Back Door

Dolores Brien reviews Sophia Heller’s new work The Absence of Myth, in which the author aims to deconstruct theories that consider myth to be essential to our psychic and spiritual well-being.

Original post by C.G. Jung Page

Hourglass of Existence

“This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more; and there will be nothing new in it, but every pain and every joy and every thought and sigh and everything immeasurably small or great in your life must return to you – all in the same succession and sequence – even this spider and this moonlight between the trees, and even this moment and I myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned over and over, and you with it, a grain of dust.” – Nietzsche
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